The Destruction Of Jerusalem By The Babylonian Hordes
THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM BY THE BABYLONIAN HORDES by ISAAC ROSENBERG
They left their Babylon bare
Of all its tall men.
Of all its proud horses;
They made for Lebanon.
And shadowy sowers went
Before their spears to sow
The fruit whose taste is ash
For Judah's soul to know.
They who bowed to the Bull god,
Whose wings roofed Babylon
In endless hosts darkened
The bright-heavened Lebanon.
They washed their grime in pools
Where laughing girls forgot
The wiles they used for Solomon.
Sweet laughter! remembered not.
Sweet laughter charred in the flame
That clutched the cloud and earth
While Solomon's towers crashed between
The gird of Babylon's mirth.
| Title |
The Destruction Of Jerusalem By The Babylonian Hordes
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| Author |
Rosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918)
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| Item date |
1977
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| Content | |
| Copyright |
The Isaac Rosenberg Literary Estate. Preliminaries and editorial matter omitted.
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| Digital repository | |
| Repository name |
ProQuest
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| First line |
They left their Babylon bare
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| Publication source |
The Collected Poems of Isaac Rosenberg
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| Publication editor |
Bottomley, Gordon and Harding, Denys
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| Publishers |
Chatto & Windus Ltd.
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| Publication place |
London
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Collection
Citation
“The Destruction Of Jerusalem By The Babylonian Hordes,” by Rosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918). The Isaac Rosenberg Literary Estate. Preliminaries and editorial matter omitted. via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 13, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/3284.
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