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Famous Gilead Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Gilead poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous gilead poems. These examples illustrate what a famous gilead poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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by Smart, Christopher
...malice is nobler, than to slay the lion. 

Let Barzillai bless with the Snail -- a friend in need is as the balm of Gilead, or as the slime to the wounded bark. 

Let Joab with the Horse worship the Lord God of Hosts. 

Let Shemaiah bless God with the Caterpiller -- the minister of vengeance is the harbinger of mercy. 

Let Ahimelech with the Locust bless God from the tyranny of numbers. 

Let Cornelius with the Swine bless God, which purifyeth all things ...Read more of this...



by Smart, Christopher
...Let Ibzam rejoice with the Brandling -- the Lord further the building of bridges and making rivers navigable. 

Let Gilead rejoice with Gentle -- the Lord make me a fisher of men. 

Let Zelophehad rejoice with Ascalabotes who casteth not his coat till a new one is prepared for him. 

Let Mahlah rejoice with Pellos who is a tall bird and stately. 

Let Tirzah rejoice with Tylus which is the Cheeslip and food for the chicken. 

Let Hoglah rejoice with Leonto...Read more of this...

by Smart, Christopher
...ce with Balsam of Peru, which sweats from a tree, that flowers like the Foxglove. 

Let Ebed rejoice with Balsam of Gilead. God be gracious to Stede. 

Let Jarib rejoice with Balsam of Capivi. The Lord strengthen my reins. 

Let Shimshai rejoice with Stelis Missletoe on Fir. 

Let Joiarib rejoice with Veronica Fluellen or Speedwell. 

Let Tatnai rejoice with the Barbadoes Wild Olive. 

Let Ezra rejoice with the Reed. The Lord Jesus make mus...Read more of this...

by Robinson, Edwin Arlington
...This pipe would never make me calm,
This bowl my grief would never drown. 
For grief like mine there is no balm 
In Gilead, or in Tilbury Town. 
And if I see what I can see, 
I know not any way to blind it;
Nor more if any way may be 
For you to grope or fly to find it. 

“There may be room for ruin yet, 
And ashes for a wasted love; 
Or, like One whom you may forget,
I may have meat you know not of. 
And if I’d rather live than weep 
Meanwhile, do you find th...Read more of this...

by Bible, The
...thou
           hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of
           goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

22:004:002 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which
           came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and
           none is barren among them.

22:004:003 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is
           comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within
           ...Read more of this...



by Poe, Edgar Allan
...n this desert land enchanted¡ª 
On this home by Horror haunted¡ªtell me truly, I implore: 
Is there¡ªis there balm in Gilead?¡ªtell me¡ªtell me, I implore!" 
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." 90 

"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil¡ªprophet still, if bird or devil! 
By that Heaven that bends above us, by that God we both adore, 
Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, 
It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore: 
Clasp a rare a...Read more of this...

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