By The Waters Of Babylon: 2. Treasures

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Title:     By The Waters Of Babylon: 2. Treasures
Author: Emma Lazarus [More Titles by Lazarus]

1. Through cycles of darkness the diamond sleeps in its coal-black
prison.

2. Purely incrusted in its scaly casket, the breath-tarnished pearl
slumbers in mud and ooze.

3. Buried in the bowels of earth, rugged and obscure, lies the
ingot of gold.

4. Long hast thou been buried, O Israel, in the bowels of earth;
long hast thou slumbered beneath the overwhelming waves; long hast
thou slept in the rayless house of darkness.

5. Rejoice and sing, for only thus couldst thou rightly guard the
golden knowledge, Truth, the delicate pearl and the adamantine
jewel of the Law.

[The end]
Emma Lazarus's poem: By The Waters Of Babylon: 2. Treasures

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