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And thou must go, my darling son, light of thy mother's eyes,
Her brightest hope of future bliss, her dearest earthly prize.
How many thoughts at this sad hour are thronging in my mind,
To draw more tight the cords of love about my heart entwined!
For thou wert ever by my side, a, comfort and a stay-
Thy brother, like the roaming deer, a wand'rer far away;
And I had thought in death's dark hour to know that thou wert near,
To have thy softly falling tones breathe sweetly in my ear,
To cheer me through the darksome road which leadeth to the grave,
And that thy hands should lay me down in lone Machpelah's cave.
But thou must go-no more my ear shall hear thy gentle tone,
And I must live through weary years, sad, childless, and alone.
No light from ghee shall dissipate death's dreary, fearful gloom,
And stranger hands may coldly lay the mother in the tomb.
Nay, shrink thou not, my darling one-nor tremble as in dread,
The blessing only rests on thee, the curse is on my head,
Mine is the sin and punishment, God's benison is thine.
"O'er thee will heaven's soft dews descend, earth yield her corn and wine.
Nations and tribes before thy feet shall bend the humble knee;
Thy brethren-thine own father's sons-be bondsmen unto thee."
This have I gained for thee my son, "who blesseth thee is blest,
And he who dares to curse thy soul on him shall curses rest."
Go, haste thee-my own childhood's home, shall be a home for thee,
And welcome to my brother's heart, Rebekah's son shall be:
From Haran's daughters seek thee out a loving gentle one,
True to our God, and fit to share the blessing with my son.
Then, when thy brother's rage is cooled-his anger turned away-
An alien from thy father's house, no longer thou shalt stray.
What though I ne'er may see thy face or hear thy loving tone;
One comfort still is left for me,-I bear the curse alone.
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