Israel in Egypt A Poem. By Edwin Atherstone |
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 | Israel in Egypt |  |
Through these three days and nights, o'er all the land,
Deeper had grown the horror. Sleep was none,
Or but for moments,—so all ears were strained,
Sound whatsoe'er to catch, that might denote
Life, motion, presence, action, suffering, aught
Which good, or evil coming, might portend,—
So were all eyes into the solid night
Eager to pierce; some feeble spark to find
Mid day's black ashes. Thus all Egypt lay,
Dark, soundless, as the vaults 'neath ocean's bed.
Deeper had grown the horror. Sleep was none,
Or but for moments,—so all ears were strained,
Sound whatsoe'er to catch, that might denote
Life, motion, presence, action, suffering, aught
Which good, or evil coming, might portend,—
So were all eyes into the solid night
Eager to pierce; some feeble spark to find
Mid day's black ashes. Thus all Egypt lay,
Dark, soundless, as the vaults 'neath ocean's bed.
| Israel in Egypt | |