Packet E: Tossup 16

The results of this action are described as akin to “arrows in my heart” in a poem that describes Fatima as an angry lover. In another poem, this action is described as “a cure” for a narrator who feels like he is splitting “bitter colocynth.” A “beloved” who lived “between Dakhool and Hamwal” is the cause of this opening action of Imru’ (10[1])al-Qais’s (10[1])entry (10[1])in The (10[1])Hanging Poems. (10[2])One of the “Songs (10[2])of Ascent” metaphorically describes the results of this action (-5[2])as the “seeds for sowing” which would cause the Lord to “Restore our Fortunes.” This action (10[1])is prompted by the memory of Zion (10[2])in the opening line of Psalm (10[3]-5[1])137, (10[3]-5[1])where (-5[1])it is (10[1])done “By the waters of Babylon.” (10[13]-5[2])The shortest (10[1]-5[1])verse (10[1]-5[1])of the King (10[1])James (10[1])Bible (10[8])claims (10[2])that (10[2])Jesus (10[5])did (10[5])this (10[3])action. (10[7])For 10 points, (10[2]-5[1])name this action that is done by “The Beloved Country” (10[1])in the title of an Alan Paton (10[1])novel. (10[2])■END■ (10[2])

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