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[RABBI ABRAHAM IBN EZRA]

[RABBI ABRAHAM IBN EZRA ]

[LIFE] MEDIVEAL JEWISH SCHOLAR IN 12TH CENTURY SPAIN, KNOWN FOR HIS POVERTY AND PIETY. [SCHOLAR] WROTE A COMMENTARY ON THE BIBLE THAT IS STILL STUDIED TODAY. [POET] LAST OF THE GREAT HEBREW POETS OF THE SPANISH GOLDEN AGE. WROTE RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR POETRY. [PHILOSOPHER, ASTRONOMER, LINGUIST] WROTE BOOKS ON ALL OF THE ABOVE.

[RABBI ABRAHAM IBN EZRA ]

{THEMES}GOD, LOVE, CREATIVITY, SOUL, SPIRIT OVER MATTER.

{VOICE}OF THE POEM ‘RABBI BEN EZRA’ BY ROBERT BROWNING

PUBLISHED IN 1864.

[WHEN I HUNGER TO PRAISE THEE ]

[WHEN I HUNGER TO PRAISE THEE ]

WHEN I HUNGER TO PRAISE THEE, I’M SATED; WHEN TO WORSHIP I THIRST, I AM DRUNK.

THEN MY HEART IS SECURE, WHEN I FEAR THEEWHEN IN TERROR AND AWE I AM SUNK.

WHEN I BOW TO THEE LOW, I AM LIFTED; WHEN I FALL IN THY PRESENCE, I RISE.

I AM FREE WHEN I SERVE, FOR THY NAME’S SAKE,MY OPPRESSORS WHO THY NAME DESPISE.

ALL SUFFERING IS SWEET TO MY HEART, WHEN I KNOW

THAT MY [GOD] THOU ART.

[WHEN I HUNGER TO PRAISE THEE ]

WHEN I HUNGER TO PRAISE THEE, I’M SATED; WHEN TO WORSHIP I THIRST, I AM DRUNK.

THEN MY HEART IS SECURE, WHEN I FEAR THEEWHEN IN TERROR AND AWE I AM SUNK.

WHEN I BOW TO THEE LOW, I AM LIFTED; WHEN I FALL IN THY PRESENCE, I RISE.

I AM FREE WHEN I SERVE, FOR THY NAME’S SAKE,MY OPPRESSORS WHO THY NAME DESPISE.

ALL SUFFERING IS SWEET TO MY HEART, WHEN I KNOW

THAT MY [GOD] THOU ART.

[GOD]INSERT [SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE TO BE LARGER THAN LIFE] HERE

[RABBI BEN EZRA] [BY ROBERT BROWNING]

[‘RABBI BEN EZRA’ BY ROBERT BROWNING]

AY, NOTE THAT POTTER'S WHEEL, THAT METAPHOR! AND FEELWHY TIME SPINS FAST, WHY PASSIVE LIES OUR CLAY,--THOU, TO WHOM FOOLS PROPOUND, WHEN THE WINE MAKES ITS ROUND,"SINCE LIFE FLEETS, ALL IS CHANGE; THE PAST GONE, SEIZE TODAY!"

FOOL! ALL THAT IS, AT ALL,LASTS EVER, PAST RECALL;EARTH CHANGES, BUT THY SOUL AND GOD STAND SURE:WHAT ENTERED INTO THEE,THAT WAS, IS, AND SHALL BE:TIME'S WHEEL RUNS BACK OR STOPS: POTTER AND CLAY ENDURE.

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THANK

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