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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) THE LAST MAN'S CLUB by JAMES GALVIN THE CHILDREN by CHARLES MONROE DICKINSON THE BOTTOM DRAWER by AMELIA EDITH HUDDLESTON BARR TWO CITIES by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER STANZAS TO JESSY by GEORGE GORDON BYRON A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 27 by THOMAS CAMPION SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 9 by BLISS CARMAN THE KNIGHT AND THE FRIAR: PART 2 by GEORGE COLMAN THE YOUNGER |
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