Beriah 'tis from fear of beholding her face
That Messiah delayeth in showing his grace.
Tamar is enchanting, delighting the eyes,
Beriah a nightmare in woman's disguise.
Some beautiful lyrics devoted to the same subject are to be found in the sixteenth chapter of the Machberoth, two of which, under the respective headings “Thine Eyes” and “Paradise and Hell,” run as follows:—
Thine Eyes.
Thine eyes are as bright, O thou sweetest gazelle,
As the glittering rays of the sun's golden spell,
And thy face glows as fair in the light of the day
As the red blushing sky when the morning is gay.