Creed

Shaul Tchernichovsky 1875 (Autonomous Republic of Crimea) – 1943 (Jerusalem)



Laugh, laugh at all my dreams!
What I dream shall yet come true!
Laugh at my belief in man,
At my belief in you.

Freedom still my soul demands,
Unbartered for a calf of gold.
For still I do believe in man,
And in his spirit, strong and bold.

And in the future I still believe
Though it be distant, come it will
When nations shall each other bless,
And peace at last the earth shall fill.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 29, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XABA XCBC XDXD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 384
Words 79
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

Shaul Tchernichovsky

Shaul Tchernichovsky, was a Russian-born Hebrew poet. He is considered one of the great Hebrew poets, identified with nature poetry, and as a poet greatly influenced by the culture of ancient Greece. more…

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