My nosegays are for Captives－1
Dim－expectant eyes,
Fingers denied the plucking,
Patient till Paradise.
To such, if they should whisper 5
Of morning and the moor,
They bear no other errand,
And I, no other prayer.
Dim－expectant eyes,
Fingers denied the plucking,
Patient till Paradise.
To such, if they should whisper 5
Of morning and the moor,
They bear no other errand,
And I, no other prayer.
(F.74/J.95)
[1] Captives:: those who are being confined, the children of Israel. My nosegays:: God's bless; the narrator is God, hinted in line eight.
[2] Dim, eyes:: they wandered in the wild for forty years.
[3] Fingers:: something written by fingers, the Ten Commandments, "two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God." (Exodus 31:18) plucking:: robbery, swindling.
[4] Paradise:: the promised land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
[5] whisper:: to rumor.
[6] morning:: the beginning of Israel. moor:: a wild land.
[7] no other errand:: their only duty is to serve God.
[8] I, no other prayer:: God asks nothing but their faith in God.