. Eve and her daughters of Holy Writ, or, Women of the Bible. he well. Seven sisters shining as the sun •The kids and lambs around them run, And scent the water nigh:Down from the hills a barbarous throngOf wandering Arabs, fierce and strong, Alarm them, and they fly. Then steps the stranger from his screen,Of stalwart form and princely mienFirm-footed as a rock: 52 EVE AND HER DAUGHTERS. With but the waving of his handHe rules the scene, overawes the band,And waters Midians flock. Seven sisters like the Pleiades,Embrowned, but dazzling, sure to please, And each might grace a maid
. Eve and her daughters of Holy Writ, or, Women of the Bible. he well. Seven sisters shining as the sun •The kids and lambs around them run, And scent the water nigh:Down from the hills a barbarous throngOf wandering Arabs, fierce and strong, Alarm them, and they fly. Then steps the stranger from his screen,Of stalwart form and princely mienFirm-footed as a rock: 52 EVE AND HER DAUGHTERS. With but the waving of his handHe rules the scene, overawes the band,And waters Midians flock. Seven sisters like the Pleiades,Embrowned, but dazzling, sure to please, And each might grace a maidens! Moses saw but one;The stars were hidden by the sun, And only Zipporah shone. The father was of Abrahams race—An Emir, in whose life we trace Unshaken trust in God:Seven daughters magnified his fame;One only has a living name, A seat above the clod. And Moses was content to bearHis forty years of exile there. What made him thus sublime ?Those years with Zipporah were spentShe was his jewel of content, The charm that shortened time. MIRIAM 53 vfffrfB mnr-ny Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in herhand. Exod. 15: 20. And Miriam and Aaron spake against 12:1. I sent before thee Moses, Aaron,and Miriam. Mic. 6:4. 54 EVE AND HER DAUGHTERS. Thee, Miriam, prophetess of old,That with thy princely brothers twainThe host of Israel ledThrough deserts wild and dread;Thee, mistress of the lofty lyric strain,Of timbrels loud and measures bold,We hail thee, Miriam, stately Levite maid;We hail thee, but with verse earth-clogged and cold,A timid wavering line,Oh, how unlike to thine,Chantress inspired of melody divine! In varying colors, dark or bright,Truths vivid pencil pictures thee to sight. At first by Niles fair border seen, Half hid among the rushes green,Watching that fragile ark with osiers twined Thermutis from the water drew:To the fair babe so skilfully enshrined, A sentinel affectionate and were the tender feetThat bor
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