. Stories from the Hebrew . pitiless ruffians tore us apart!When I clasped their knees and wept and prayed,And struggled and shrieked to Heaven for aid,And clung to my sons with desperate strength,Till the murderers loosed my hold at length,And bore me breathless and faint aside,In their iron arms, while my children died—and the mother that gave them birthIs forbid to cover their bones with earth. The barley harvest was nodding whiteWhen my children died on the rocky height,And the reapers were singing on hill and plainWhen I came to my task of sorrow and now the season of r
. Stories from the Hebrew . pitiless ruffians tore us apart!When I clasped their knees and wept and prayed,And struggled and shrieked to Heaven for aid,And clung to my sons with desperate strength,Till the murderers loosed my hold at length,And bore me breathless and faint aside,In their iron arms, while my children died—and the mother that gave them birthIs forbid to cover their bones with earth. The barley harvest was nodding whiteWhen my children died on the rocky height,And the reapers were singing on hill and plainWhen I came to my task of sorrow and now the season of rain is nigh,The sun is dim in the thickening sky,And the clouds in sullen darkness restWhere he hides his light at the doors of thewest. RIZPAH I hear the howl of the wind that bringsThe long, drear storm on its heavy wings;But the howling wind and the driving rainWill beat on my houseless head in vain :I shall stay, from my murdered sons to scareThe beasts of the desert and fowls of air. W. C. Bryant. 91 XVII.—ABSALOM. AVID had many sons,but he seemed to loveAbsalom, his thirdson, most dearly. Absa-loms mother was the daugh-ter of the king of name was , for a very grave fault, Absalom fled from Jeru-salem to Geshur, and was there three years. Hisfather, King David, mourned for him every day, andhe longed to go forth unto him. Finally, the kingsent for him to come back. Absalom returned, butdid not see his fathers face for two years. Thenhe bowed himself on his face to the ground beforethe king, and David kissed Absalom and forgavehim. In all Israel there was none so much praised asAbsalom for his beauty. From the sole of his footto the crown of his head there was no blemish Absalom, by fair speeches and courtesies, stole thehearts of the men of Israel. Then he conspired 4otake the throne from his father David, and reign in 1 Absalom = absa-lom. 2 Geshur = geshur. 3 Maacah = maa-kah.
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