Israel in Egypt A Poem. By Edwin Atherstone |
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 | Israel in Egypt |  |
But, when the phantom-prince, all smiles, drew nigh;
And, leading toward the house that sister-shade,
The hospitable words of Rachel spake,
Inviting them to enter,—rousing then
From stupor almost trancelike, Reuben too,
Though silent still, went onward; nor one word,
Even to Rachel, spake, when to her side
He came; but, buried in deep wonderment,
Walked as in sleep: within the house arrived,
As in a dream all saw; and stood, or sat,
Or, sometimes, question answered; or aught did,
At Rachel's soft requirement; yet with sense
Uncertain still as vision in thick fog.
And, leading toward the house that sister-shade,
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Inviting them to enter,—rousing then
From stupor almost trancelike, Reuben too,
Though silent still, went onward; nor one word,
Even to Rachel, spake, when to her side
He came; but, buried in deep wonderment,
Walked as in sleep: within the house arrived,
As in a dream all saw; and stood, or sat,
Or, sometimes, question answered; or aught did,
At Rachel's soft requirement; yet with sense
Uncertain still as vision in thick fog.
| Israel in Egypt | |