57377: The Destruction Of Jerusalem By The Babylonian Hordes

<p dir="ltr"> They left their Babylon bare<br> Of all its tall men,<br> Of all its proud horses;<br> They made for Lebanon.<br> And shadowy sowers went<br> Before their spears to sow<br> The fruit whose taste is ash<br> For Judah's soul to know.<br> They who bowed to the Bull god<br> Whose wings roofed Babylon,<br> In endless hosts darkened<br> The bright-heavened Lebanon.<br> They washed their grime in pools<br> Where laughing girls forgot<br> The wiles they used for Solomon.<br> Sweet laughter! remembered not.<br> Sweet laughter charred in the flame<br> That clutched the cloud and earth<br> While Solomon's towers crashed<br> between,<br> The gird of Babylon's mirth.</p>