Copper Sun (Cullen)/Lines Written in Jerusalem

4122773Copper Sun — Lines Written in JerusalemCountee Cullen

Lines Written in Jerusalem[1]

A CITY builded on a hill may flaunt
Its glory in the sunken valley’s face,
And ways the Nazarene has trod may vaunt
A credible inheritance of grace.
Your very stones, Jerusalem, can sing:
“He would have taken us beneath His wing.”

  1. August 1926