derness journey of the children of
Israel is traced out in the poem, "Lead Me On". 238 H.T.
How many of the twenty and more allusions to the
Bible in Whittier's poem, "Palestine," can you
pick out and explain? 15-17 H.T.
To what event of Israelitish history does the
"Song of the Manna Gatherers" refer? 198 H.T. (196 H.T.)
Poems Inspired by the Bible
The following well-known poems were inspired by
passages in the Old Testament. Bring out some of
the beauty and power which the poets saw in these
passages by comparing them with the poems.
The Finding of Moses. 134 H.T. (138 H.T.)
The Seventh Plague of Egypt. 162 H.T. (166 H.T.)
The Burial of Moses. 274 H.T.
(272,273 H.T.)
Saul and David 395 H.T. (396 H.T.)
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Cave of Adullam. 437 H.T. (438 H.T.)
Ruth. 49 T.J. (35 T.J.)
Belshazzar. 211 T.J.
(201-206 T.J.)
The Destruction of Sennacherib. 315 T.J.
(271-276 S.A.)
Hymn by the Euphrates. 316 T.J.
(346, 347 T.J.)
How does Dante, in his "Divine Comedy,"
use Psalm 114 (134, 135 S.A.)? 504 S.A.
What famous writer at the age of fifteen composed
a hymn founded on Psalm 136 (162, 163 S.A.)? 506 S.A.
What Psalm has been most often translated into
English verse? 35 S.A.
Name some poets who have translated the Shepherd
Psalm into verse. 498 S.A.
Consider the passages descriptive of the relation
of the Eastern shepherd to his sheep, on pages 200
and 201 L.J. and 285 S.A., and study the pictures,
noting the inscription on back, on pages 210 and
288 G.B. What qualities had this relationship
peculiar to the East? State the peculiar qualities
of this relationship that make the figure of the
shepherd used in the first three lines of Psalm 23
particularly appropriate as applied to God. 35 S.A.
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