On Jordan's Banks
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
On Jordan's banks the Arab's camels stray,
On Sion's hill the False One's votaries pray,
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep -
Yet there - even there - Oh God! thy thunders sleep:
There - where thy finger scorch'd the tablet stone!
There - where thy shadow to thy people shone!
Thy glory shrouded in its garb of fire:
Thyself - none living see and not expire!
Oh! in the lightning let thy glance appear;
Sweep from his shiver'd hand the oppressor's spear!
How long by tyrants shall thy land be trod?
How long thy temple worshipless, Oh God?
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AABB CCXX DDEE |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 550 |
Words | 101 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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