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[Extol]

One of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite movies, The Ten Commandments.   

Into the blistering
wilderness of Shur,
the man
who walked with kings 
now walks alone. 
Torn from the pinnacle
of royal power, 
stripped of all rank
and earthly wealth,
a forsaken man without
a country, without a hope,
his soul in turmoil
like the hot winds
and raging sands
that lash him with the fury
of a taskmaster's whip.
He is driven forward,
always forward,
by a God unknown,
toward a land unseen...   
                   
into the molten wilderness
of sin,
where granite
sentinels stand
as towers of living death
to bar his way.
Each night brings the black
embrace of loneliness.
In the mocking whisper
of the wind,
he hears the echoing
voices of the dark...

   
                   
Moses!

   
                   
Moses!

   
                   
Moses!

   
                   
Moses!

   
                   
Moses!

   
                   
Moses!

   
                   
His tortured mind wondering
if they call the memory
of past triumphs
or wail foreboding
of disasters yet to come
or whether the desert's
hot breath
has melted his reason
into madness.
He cannot cool the burning kiss
of thirst upon his lips
nor shade the scorching
fury of the sun.

All about is desolation.

He can neither bless
nor curse
the power that moves him,
for he does not know
from where it comes.
Learning that it can be
more terrible
to live than to die,
he is driven onward
through the burning
crucible of desert,
where holy men and prophets
are cleansed and purged
for God's great purpose,
until at last,
at the end
of human strength,
beaten into the dust
from which he came,
the metal is ready
for the Maker's hand.

[OBrenda]

WOW......

[mmijares]

I still remember that narration.  Thanks for posting!

-Mijares 

[Ninny]

That is definitely an epic narrative!!
Loved it!!
Kathy

[indianabob]

Thanks Ninny,

I've seen the Ten C. several times and hadn't paid enough attention to this narration to recall it. I suppose that I was attracted to some other feature of the story at that time.

This is something I can share on other forums.

Thanks again, Bob

[Extol]

Yes, it sounds like DeMille knows what he is talking about, eh?   
This epic movie is my favorite "quotes" movie. There are so many good ones!!! Including several in which I find some spiritual truth, such as:

(Rameses to priests): -You prophets and prieists made the gods that you may prey upon the fear of men. (Eternal Hell?)

(Moses to Nefertiri): -You may be the lovely dust through which God works His purpose. (Romans 9)

-A jewel has brilliant fire, but it gives no warmth. (Whitewashed sepulchres?)