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Hebrew Ballads
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The little sons of Abraham took shells And floated boats made out of mother-pearl; Then Isaac leaned in fear on Ishmael. And mournfully sang the two black swans Quite gloomy notes…

Contributor:

Else Lasker-Schüler

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

1913

Subjects:

Bible, Theology, Women, Race

Categories:

Literature, Poetry
Book cover with German text and stylized human figure and small cityscape resting on figure's extended arm.
O the Chimneys
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And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.—Job 19:26O the chimneysOn the ingeniously devised habitations of deathWhen Israel’s body drifted as smokeThrough the…

Contributor:

Nelly Sachs

Places:

Stockholm, Sweden

Date:

1947

Subjects:

Death, Holocaust, Bible, Antisemitism, Jewish identity

Categories:

Literature, Poetry