I. 29
“The shouts of mockery made a coward of me;
“He went, and I remain’d in fear of Man!
“He went, and I remain’d in fear of Man!
“He went, and darker grew
“The deepening cloud above.
“At length it open’d, and.. O God! O God!
“There were no waters there!
“There fell no kindly rain!
“The Sarsar from its womb went forth,
“The Icy Wind of Death.
“The deepening cloud above.
“At length it open’d, and.. O God! O God!
“There were no waters there!
“There fell no kindly rain!
“The Sarsar from its womb went forth,
“The Icy Wind of Death.
“They fell around me, thousands fell around,
“The King and all his People fell.
“All! all! they perish’d all!
“I.. only I.. was left.
“There came a voice to me and said,
“In the Day of Visitation,
“In the fearful Hour of Judgment,
“God hath remember’d thee.”
“The King and all his People fell.
“All! all! they perish’d all!
“I.. only I.. was left.
“There came a voice to me and said,
“In the Day of Visitation,
“In the fearful Hour of Judgment,
“God hath remember’d thee.”
“When from an agony of prayer I rose,
“And from the scene of death
“Attempted to go forth,
“And from the scene of death
“Attempted to go forth,