Excerpt from The Psalms of David: Including Sixteen Full-Page Illustrations and Numerous Decorations in the Text Depicting the Life of David as Shepherd, Poet, Warrior and King<br><br>If, like Dante, David was bard and singer, he was also like the great Florentine in the sorrows of his exile. Having no abiding place, and wan dering like a partridge on the mountains, the poet journeyed from village to village heart broken because he was unloved and uncared for. Even King Lear, going forth from his palaceinto the darkness, the falling snow and pitiless hail, knew less of sorrow in the hour when he realized that his daughters had ceased to love him than King David at the moment his favourite son Absalom fomented rebellion and plotted against his father's life. To the end of time the agonies of broken hearted fathers will find their most perfect expression in David's lament for his son: Oh, Absalom, my son, my son Absa lomi Would God I had died for thee, Oh, Absa lom, my son, my son.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.