<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=345072" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Rachel</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When Jacob and Rachel met for the first time,<br>He bowed to her like a humble wayfarer. <br>The herds were raising hot dust to the skies,<br>The little well's mouth was covered by a boulder.<br>He rolled the old boulder away from the well<br>And watered the flock with clean water himself.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yet sweet little sadness crept into his heart <br>With each passing day growing stronger. <br>To wed her he bargained to toil seven years<br>As shepherd for her artful father.<br>Oh, Rachel! To the captive of love in his eyes<br>The seven years seemed as a few dazzling days.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yet Laban was thirsty for silver, and wise,<br>And mercy he didn’t espouse,<br>Assuming forgiveness for all kind of lies…<br>As long as they serve his own house.<br>He took homely Leah with his sure hand<br>And led her to Jacob in his wedding tent.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>A sultry night reigns over high desert sky<br>And spreads misty dews in the morning,<br>While pulling her braids in despair all that night<br>The younger of sisters is moaning, <br>Sends curses to Leah and God for her doom<br>Imploring the angel of death to come soon.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As Jacob is dreaming the sweetest of dreams:<br>The clear well spring in the valley<br>And Rachel's eyes happily looking at him<br>Her beautiful voice singing softly:<br>O, weren't you kissing me, Jacob, with love<br>And calling me always your black turtledove?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Anna+Akhmatova">Anna Akhmatova</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=345072" data-title="Rachel de Anna Akhmatova" data-description="When Jacob and Rachel met for the first time, He bowed to her like a humble wayfarer. The herds were raising hot dust to the skies, The little well's mouth was covered by a boulder. He rolled the old boulder away from the well And watered the flo..."></div> </div> </div>

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