person
Esther
Melchisedech's youngest granddaughter, beloved of Marcantonio; she bears his child on the high roof and is the first of the Ghetto to see the sea.
Reading notes
- New Poems: The Other Part §16 crown-rubies
Esther, the Jewish queen who, to save her people, enters King Ahasuerus's hall unbidden though the act may cost her life (Esther 5); she fills like a vessel with the king's terrible power.
- Stories of God §81 Esther
Melchisedech's youngest granddaughter, beloved of Marcantonio; she bears his child on the high roof.