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God
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In his malodorous brain what slugs and mire, Lanthorned in his oblique eyes, guttering burned! His body lodged a rat where men nursed souls. The world flashed grape-green eyes of a foiled cat To him…

Contributor:

Isaac Rosenberg

Places:

Cape Town, South Africa

Date:

1916

Subjects:

War, Death, Philosophy, Abstract expressionism, Violence

Categories:

Literature, Poetry
Tsemaḥ David (The Sprout of David)
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Thus spoke David, son of Isaac, son of Eliezer, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, son of Menahem, son of Isaac, son of Obadiah, son of Isaac—known as “the wealthy one”—son of Elijah, known as “the holy…

Contributor:

David de Pomis

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1587

Subjects:

Violence, Education, Philosophy, Antisemitism, Marriage

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, (Auto)biography, History, Historical Writing