Israel in Egypt A Poem. By Edwin Atherstone |
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 | Israel in Egypt |  |
Though,—knowing well how false would Pharaoh prove,—
On the hope of Israel forthwith to depart,
Moses cool words of caution had poured out,—
Yet, when the noisy criers went abroad,
Commanding them more labor than before,
For slaves they still should be,—then fell again
Great weight upon them; and again they railed
'Gainst Moses, Aaron, and the Elders all;
Saying that, for deliverance, they had brought
Yet heavier chains upon them, and worse toil.
But, throughout all that day, to whom they might,
Moses, and Aaron, and the Elders went,
Consoling them; and bidding trust in God;
For that the time drew nigh, when His great hand
Surely would He put forth, and set them free.
On the hope of Israel forthwith to depart,
Moses cool words of caution had poured out,—
Yet, when the noisy criers went abroad,
Commanding them more labor than before,
For slaves they still should be,—then fell again
Great weight upon them; and again they railed
'Gainst Moses, Aaron, and the Elders all;
Saying that, for deliverance, they had brought
Yet heavier chains upon them, and worse toil.
But, throughout all that day, to whom they might,
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Consoling them; and bidding trust in God;
For that the time drew nigh, when His great hand
Surely would He put forth, and set them free.
| Israel in Egypt | |