Battle of the Wood of Ephraim Absalom." The two armies met in a forest of Ephraim. It was a great and terrible battle. The rebel forces were unable to maneuver because the thickness of trees, and their numbers were reduced by the underbrush of the forest. The forces of Absalom were thus routed by the royal forces of David. Absalom himself fled. As he was riding through the woods on his mule, he was caught by the long locks of his hair under the spreading branches of a large tree. Unable to free himself, he remained suspended, his mule had escaped. One of David's servants brought
A Song to David a poet who, though he produced much, has not produced elsewhere a single line which indicates the power here displayed." A Song to David A Song to David, a poem by Christopher Smart, was most likely written during his stay in a mental asylum while he wrote "Jubilate Agno". Although it received mixed reviews, it was his most famous work until the discovery of "Jubilate Agno". The poem focuses on King David and various aspects of his life, but quickly turns to an emphasis on Christ and Christianity. There is no evidence proving that Christopher Smart wrote "A Song to