304. Parable of the Old Men and the Young by Wilfred Owen
b'W Owen read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------\\n\\nParable of the Old Men and the Young\\nby Wilfred Owen (1893 \\u2013 1918)\\n\\nSo Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went,\\nAnd took the fire with him, and a knife.\\nAnd as they sojourned both of them together,\\nIsaac the first-born spake and said, My Father,\\nBehold the preparations, fire and iron,\\nBut where the lamb for this burnt-offering?\\nThen Abram bound the youth with belts and straps,\\nAnd builded parapets and trenches there,\\nAnd stretch\\xe8d forth the knife to slay his son.\\nWhen lo! an angel called him out of heaven,\\nSaying, Lay not thy hand upon the lad,\\nNeither do anything to him. Behold,\\nA ram caught in a thicket by its horns;\\nOffer the Ram of Pride instead of him.\\nBut the old man would not so, but slew his son...\\n\\nFirst aired: 29 July 2008\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008'