Israel in Egypt A Poem. By Edwin Atherstone |
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 | Israel in Egypt |  |
Then, when alone he was, Moses bowed down,
Entreating of the Lord that all the flies,
Even early on the morrow, might depart
From Pharaoh, and his house, and from the land:
And the Lord heard his prayer.
Entreating of the Lord that all the flies,
Even early on the morrow, might depart
From Pharaoh, and his house, and from the land:
And the Lord heard his prayer.
But, through the night,
Still rose the din of torment, and the roar
Of the terrific Plague; from earth to heaven
Seeming all air to fill: like thunder's moan
At distance, now,—now, like the uproar wild
Of hurricane-flashes, as, in mountain-waves,
Arrow-swift shot the living ocean by.
Many were they who perished: and, of beasts,
Great also was the number.
Still rose the din of torment, and the roar
Of the terrific Plague; from earth to heaven
Seeming all air to fill: like thunder's moan
At distance, now,—now, like the uproar wild
Of hurricane-flashes, as, in mountain-waves,
Arrow-swift shot the living ocean by.
Many were they who perished: and, of beasts,
Great also was the number.
But, when morn
Donned his first robe of grey, and issued forth,
A stillness fell 'neath all the cope of Heaven:
The burning passed away from beast and man:
And, when the sun had risen, and men looked round,—
Nor in their houses, nor upon the earth,
Nor throughout all the air, one fly was seen!
Donned his first robe of grey, and issued forth,
A stillness fell 'neath all the cope of Heaven:
The burning passed away from beast and man:
And, when the sun had risen, and men looked round,—
Nor in their houses, nor upon the earth,
Nor throughout all the air, one fly was seen!
| Israel in Egypt | |