Thursday, April 1, 2010

Nebuchadnezzar's Fall Comments

Rating: 3.0

Frowning over the riddle that Daniel told,
Down through the mist hung garden, below a feeble sun,
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Robert Graves
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Michael Walker 19 December 2019

A poem firmly and soundly constructed on one of the Old Testament Books. The King Nebuchadnezzar is too proud and is then humbled and humiliated 'He crawls, he grunts, he is beast-like'. What a fall from kingship. A compelling dramatic poem, in my opinion.

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I am looking for a poem that begins ..'Nebuchadnezzar, may his tribe increase, Arose one night from a deep dream of sleep and saw within the moonlight in his room an angel writing in a book of gold...... Please if you know where I can find a copy you can contact me at the email below. chettysm@yahoo.com.au

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