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Article: Abraham and Isaac: II.(Poem)
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- Ploughshares
- Article date:
- March 22, 2005
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Abraham and Isaac: II
And Abraham picked up the knife to slay his son
I have lived in tents and often, at midday,
have I parted the tent-clothes and gone inside
with the light of day so blinding my eyes
that my wife spoke to me out of darkness,
saying, Take this dish, and eat.
I have walked among the flocks on ...
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