To A Beautiful Jewish Girl of Altona. A Fragment
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To A Beautiful Jewish Girl of Altona. A Fragment
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Oh, Judith! had our lot been cast
From dreary wilds and deserts vast'
My song upon the mountain rocks,
O Judith of the raven locks!
Our tent beside the murmur calm
And blest with Gilead's holy balm
At falling night, or ruby dawn,
From silver fountains on the lawn,
How sweet to us at sober hours
Fresh with the bloom of many flowers,
But ah, my love! thy father's land -
But wide and silent wilds expand,
Yet by the good and golden hours
By Salem's forsaken bowers,
In that remote and simple time
When, shepherd swains, thy fathers passedFrom dreary wilds and deserts vast'
To Judah's happy clime, -
My song upon the mountain rocks,
Had echoed oft thy rural charms:
And I had fed thy father's flocks;O Judith of the raven locks!
To win thee to my arms.
Our tent beside the murmur calm
Of Jordan's grassy-vested shore,
Had sought the shadow of the palm,And blest with Gilead's holy balm
Our hospitable door.
At falling night, or ruby dawn,
Or yellow moonlight's welcome cool,
With health and gladness we had drawn,From silver fountains on the lawn,
Our pitcher brimming full.
How sweet to us at sober hours
The bird of Salem would have sung,
In orange or in almond bowers, -Fresh with the bloom of many flowers,
Like thee for ever young!
But ah, my love! thy father's land -
It sheds no more a spicy bloom,
Nor fills with fruit the reaper's hand;But wide and silent wilds expand,
A desert and a tomb!
Yet by the good and golden hours
That dawned those rosy fields among, -
By Zion's palm encircled towers, -By Salem's forsaken bowers,
And long forgotten song -
Creator
T. Campbell (Thomas Campbell)
Source
1:31, p. 124
Date
1827.10.12
Collection
Citation
T. Campbell (Thomas Campbell), “To A Beautiful Jewish Girl of Altona. A Fragment,” Periodical Poets, accessed May 19, 2024, https://periodicalpoets.com/items/show/79.
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