Israel in Egypt A Poem. By Edwin Atherstone |
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 | Israel in Egypt |  |
With willing haste his orders were obeyed.
To all the taskmasters, at utmost speed
Was sent the word: and they, as eagerly,
Went out among the people; with loud voice
Proclaiming, “Thus saith Pharaoh; ‘from this time,
I will not give you straw: where ye can find,
Go ye, and get it; yet, of all your work,
Shall nought,—no, not one brick, diminished be.’”
To all the taskmasters, at utmost speed
Was sent the word: and they, as eagerly,
Went out among the people; with loud voice
Proclaiming, “Thus saith Pharaoh; ‘from this time,
I will not give you straw: where ye can find,
Go ye, and get it; yet, of all your work,
Shall nought,—no, not one brick, diminished be.’”
| Israel in Egypt | |