Harps Hung up in Babylon
The harps hung up in Babylon,
Their loosened strings rang on, sang on
And cast their murmurs forth upon
The roll and roar of Babylon:
Forget me, Lord, if I forget
Jerusalem for Babylon,
If I forget the vision set
High as the head of Lebanon
Is lifted over Syria yet,
If I forget and bow me down
To brutish gods of Babylon.
Two rivers to each other run
Arthur Colton
HARPS HUNG UP IN BABYLON
New York: Henry Holt And Company
1907
WEST-EASTERLY MORALITIES
THE CAPTIVE
THE KING.
BEN ALI.
THE KING.
THE KING.
BEN ALI.
THE KING.
BEN ALI.
BEN ALI.
THE KING.
THE BEGGAR
THE PILGRIM
ALLAH'S TENT
THE POET AND THE FOUNTAIN
THE CHENEAUX ISLANDS
THE SHEPHERD AND THE KNIGHT
SHEPHERD.
KNIGHT.
SHEPHERD.
KNIGHT.
SHEPHERD.
KNIGHT.
SHEPHERD.
KNIGHT.
SHEPHERD.
THE HERB OF GRACE
VERSES FROM "THE CANTICLE OF THE ROAD"
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II
III
IV
V
VI
FAUSTINE
SOMETIME IT MAY BE
WHEN ALL THE BROOKS HAVE RUN AWAY
ONE HOUR
HEIRS OF TIME
WHO MAY WITH THE SHREWD HOURS STRIVE?
LET ME NO MORE A MENDICANT
CURARE SEPULTOS
TO-MORROW
SNOW
IN PORT TO-DAY
AS WE GROW OLD
WAYFARERS
THE HOUSE
SONNETS
THE HILLS
WORDSWORTH
THE WATER-LILY
THE THRUSH
THE ROMAN WAY
I
II
III
FOLLY
CONCERNING TABITHA'S DANCING OF THE MINUET
AN IDYL OF THE WOOD
PHYLLIS AND CORYDON
MAYING
TWO LITTLE MAIDS
TWENTY YEARS HENCE
WITHOUT THE GATE
ANCIEN M'SIEU PIERRE
CHRISTMAS EVE
THE CAROL SINGER
ARCADIE. I
ARCADIE. II
MARTIAL TO PLINY
LAST YEAR'S NEST
EPILOGUE TO A BOOK OF UNIMPORTANT VERSES
FINIS