Part 46 (2/2)

Poems Inspired by the Bible

The following well-known poems were inspired by pa.s.sages in the Old Testament. Bring out some of the beauty and power which the poets saw in these pa.s.sages 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 pa.s.sages 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 relations.h.i.+p peculiar to the East? State the peculiar qualities of this relations.h.i.+p that make the figure of the shepherd used in the first three lines of Psalm 23 particularly appropriate as applied to G.o.d. 35 S.A.

Find the lines in Psalm 72 (88 S.A.) on which is based the tradition, evidenced by many poems, that the three Wise Men from the East were Kings. 501 S.A., 29, 41 L.J.

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