WHEN ransomed Israel saw the returning sea O'erwhelm the vast array of Pharaoh's pride, And raised exultant hymn above the tide:— "Lord God eternal who is like to Thee, Awful in praises, working wondrously!" God silent bode; but when His angels vied With men in choir antiphonal, and cried:— "His outstretched arm hath set His children free!" And heaven like earth rocked with tumultuous song, God spake rebuking; and the shamed, mute throng, Awe-swept and trembling, glimpsed a vision new Of Love and Pity Infinite, as they heard The fathomless sorrow of the All Father's word: "Peace. They that perish are My children too." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VOLPONE: TO CELIA by GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS LAUSANNE: IN GIBBON'S OLD GARDEN by THOMAS HARDY THE ANGELUS; HEARD AT THE MISSION DOLORES IN SAN FRANCISCO, 1868 by FRANCIS BRET HARTE IN HOSPITAL: 21. ROMANCE by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY RONDEAU by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE SPIRIT OF SHAKESPEARE: 2 by GEORGE MEREDITH THE PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION; A POEM. ENLARGED VERSION: BOOK 2 by MARK AKENSIDE |