The Kneeling Camel
Poem by Anna Temple
Inspirational Poems
The camel, at the close of day
Kneels down upon the sandy plain
To have his burden lifted off
And rest to gain.
My soul, thou too shouldst to thy knees
When the daylight draweth to a close,
And let thy Master lift thy load
And grant repose:
Else how canst thou tomorrow meet,
With all tomorrow's work to do,
If thou thy burden all the night
Dost carry through?
The camel kneels at break of day
To have his guide replace his load,
Then rises up again to take
The desert road.
So thou shouldst kneel at morning's dawn
That God may give thee daily care,
Assured that He no load too great
Will make thee bear.
- Poem by Anna Temple
Christians and camels receive
their burdens kneeling.
- Ambrose Bierce
The camel has a single hump;
The dromedary, two;
Or else the other way around.
I'm never sure. Are you?
- Ogden Nash
Death is a black camel which
kneels at every man's gate.
- Arabian Proverb
I love you when you bow in your mosque,
kneel in your temple, pray in your church.
For you and I are sons of one religion,
and it is the spirit.
- Quote by Khalil Gibran
ROMANTIC
