The Book
Jessie E. Sampter 1883 (New York City) – 1938 (Kibbutz Givat Brenner)
We are the People of the Book,
The written page is our salvation;
This only from the wreck we took
When conquerors crushed our nation.
The Holy Book has been our land,
Our seed, our sowing and our reaping.
How can the stranger understand
What treasure we are keeping!
In shame and poverty we read
The precious page of revelation,
And water with our tears the seed
That recreates our nation.
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Submitted by naama on July 13, 2020
Modified on March 18, 2023
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Scheme | ABAB CDCD XBXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 409 |
Words | 71 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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