Hoofs of Pegasus

<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[Pg 40]</SPAN></span></p> <h2>HAGAR</h2> <div class="poetry-container"><div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="bigfont">T</span>HE desert trembles in the heat</span> <span class="i0">The water pools are bitter.</span> <span class="i0">Boy, we follow the camel track;</span> <span class="i0">Sarah rides in a scarlet litter.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Here is the water, Ishmael,</span> <span class="i0">The bread your father gave.</span> <span class="i0">Sarah crumbles a wheaten cake,</span> <span class="i0">Her cup is filled by an eager slave.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Tonight our tent is hung with stars.</span> <span class="i0">In comfort Sarah rests.</span> <span class="i0">Abram dreams of the bondwoman,</span> <span class="i0">Of Hagar’s brown breasts.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Lord Osiris hear me!</span> <span class="i0">Isis, Heavenly One!</span> <span class="i0">All men’s hands are against me,</span> <span class="i0">But mine was the first-born son.</span></div> </div></div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />