WHILE the tribes of earth yet in the darkness groped, Ere iron savagery set free, O Judah! had'st thou with science coped In law and poesy. God's chosen people, thy songs are sung In the great world to-day; In every clime, in every tongue, Thy name shall last for aye! Since time began, yea, when the earth We're told was very young, Fair Judah flourished and gave birth To wise men who have sung— Psalms wherein human longings bring Home to each heart to-day The unspoken hope, the desire to cling To a Higher Power alway. Strong nations rise at last to fall Beneath the strokes of Fate; But Judah rises like a wall— Invincible 'gainst hate. Two thousand years have not sufficed, Tho' of Fatherland despoiled, To destroy the race by all despised, Or tarnish a name unsoiled. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN: THE FIRST DAY: THE BIRDS OF KILLINGWORTH by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW ALMS by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY HON. MR. SUCKLETHUMBKIN'S STORY: THE EXECUTION; A SPORTING ANECDOTE by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM OLD REMEDIES by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN CHARITY by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD LIFE AND LOVE by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |