No.1 : The First Song of Moses
Exodus xv, vv. 1 to 12 and 19 to 21
NOW that our series of readings called ' Foundations of Poetry' which began on April 1, is at an end, we begin today a new selection of great passages from the Old Testament. The last was from its philosophy; the new draws upon that lyrical exaltation into which the narrative so often and so superbly breaks. The first passage chosen is the song that Moses sang when the Lord had led forth the Israelites from Egypt, and destroyed their enemies in the waters of the Red Sea, and all the women of Israel went out with timbrels and with dances to sing to the Lord.