jerusalem - Popular Poems and stories from category

On a roof in the Old
Laundry hanging in the late afternoon sunlight:
The white sheet of a woman who is my enemy,
The towel of a man who is my enemy,

I wept until my tears were dryI prayed until the candles flickeredI knelt until the floor creakedI asked about Mohammed and
Oh Jerusalem, the fragrance of
The shortest path between earth and
Oh Jerusalem, the citadel of lawsA beauti...

If I forget thee,
Jerusalem,
Then let my right be forgotten
Let my right be forgotten, and my left remember

There is a street where they sell only red
And there is a street where they sell only clothes and perfumes
And thereis a day when I see only cripples and the
And those covered with leprosy, and spastics and those with twisted lips

A tortuous double iron track; a station here, a station there;
A locomotive, tender, tanks; a coach with stiff reclining chair;
Some postal cars, and baggage, too; a vestibule of patent make;
With buffers, duffers, switches, and the...

AT last, at last the
Falls back before the Cross
Great spirits,
With longing and with loss,