<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=355177" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>David In The Cave Of Adullam</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">David and his three captains bold<br>Kept ambush once within a hold.<br>It was in Adullam's cave,<br>Nigh which no water they could have.<br>Nor spring nor running brook was near<br>To quench the thirst that parched them there.<br>Then David king of Israel<br>Straight bethought him of a well<br>Which stood beside the city gate<br>At Bethlem: where, before his state<br>Of kingly dignity, he had<br>Oft drunk his fill, a shepherd lad.<br>But now his fierce Philistian foe<br>Encamped before it he does know.<br>Yet ne'er the less with heat opprest,<br>Those three bold captains he addrest,<br>And wished that one to him would bring<br>Some water from his native spring.<br>His valiant captains instantly<br>To execute his will did fly.<br>Those three brave men the ranks broke through<br>Of armëd foes, and water drew<br>For David, their belovëd king,<br>At his own sweet native spring.<br>Back through their enemies they haste,<br>With the hard-earned treasure graced.<br>What with such danger they had sought,<br>With joy unto their king they brought.<br>But when the good king David found<br>What they had done, he on the ground<br>The water poured, 'Because,' said he,<br>'That it was at the jeopardy<br>Of your three lives this thing ye did,<br>That I should drink it God forbid.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Charles+Lamb">Charles Lamb</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=355177" data-title="David In The Cave Of Adullam de Charles Lamb" data-description="David and his three captains bold Kept ambush once within a hold. It was in Adullam's cave, Nigh which no water they could have. Nor spring nor running brook was near To quench the thirst that parched them there. Then David king of Israel Straight..."></div> </div> </div>

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