Abraham 2

They ate, while day was cooking in the east,

Some breakfast. When their journey had begun,

Abraham led them in an orison

That lasted for a hundred miles at least.

Then the old swine or, if you wish, old priest

Said: "We've arrived. Shoulder that burden, son.

And as for you -" (meaning the other one)

"- Wait here. You too," he told his fellow-beast.

They started climbing. Halfway through their climb,

Isaac said: "Where's your victim wandered to?"

"Wait," said his father. "All in God's good time."

They reached the top, where knife-edged breezes blew,

And Abraham said: "A victim, yes. Well, I'm

The priest, son, and there's only me and you."