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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FEAR NOT FOR ISMAEL, by JEAN ELLIOT (1727-1805) Poet's Biography First Line: There is no need to fear for ishmael Last Line: And darkly broods above jerusalem. Alternate Author Name(s): Elliot, Jane Subject(s): Ishmael (bible) | |||
There is no need to fear for Ishmael, Though driven from his father's tents was he, And forced, with Hagar, through the night to flee Across the sands he came to love so well. There is no truth in stories that he fell, For he arose, and, roaming wild and free, There in the desert, where his strength will be, His voice is heard like clarion bell. He is the falcon of those eastern lands, Since driven forth so long ago by them Who hated him, across those desert sands. This falcon stoops to seize the diadem Of David's kingdom in his hardy hands, And darkly broods above Jerusalem. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HAGAR by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON LAMENT FOR FLODDEN [FIELD] by JEAN ELLIOT (1727-1805) VOICES OF THE AIR by KATHERINE MANSFIELD BONNYBELL: THE BUTTERFLY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SUMMER DAYS by WATHEN MARK WILKS CALL THIRTY EIGHT. ADDRESSED TO MRS. H -- Y. by CHARLOTTE SMITH THE MAN WHO DREAMED OF FAERYLAND by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS CIGARS AND BEER by GEORGE ARNOLD THE APOLOGY OF THE BISHOPS IN ANSWER TO BONNER'S GHOST by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: TO THE READER by WILLIAM BASSE VISTAS OF LABOR: 4. FACTORY CHILDREN by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |
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