These are the words of Jacobs wives, the words
Which Leah spake and Rachel to his ears,
When, in the shade at eventide, he sat
By the tent door, a palm-tree overhead,
A spring beside him, and the sheep around.
And Rachel spake and said, The nightfall comes
Night, which all day I wait for, and for thee.
And Leah also spake, The day is done;
My lord with toil is weary and would rest.
And Rachel said, Come, O my Jacob, come;
And we will think we sit beside the well,
As in that day, the long long years agone,
When first I met thee with my fathers flock.
And Leah said, Come, Israel, unto me;
And thou shalt reap an harvest of fair sons,
Een as before I bare thee goodly babes;
For when was Leah fruitless to my lord?
And Rachel sa...