Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.

By Abram S. Isaacs

The Harp of Faith

AT midnight, so the rabbis tell

When David slept profound,

A harp suspended on his couch

Gave forth a trembling sound.

Up sprang the royal bard inspired,

His fingers touched the chord,

And with strange gladness in his soul,

In psalms he praised the Lord.

At midnight, when the doubts assail,

And anxious fears surround,

O Soul of mine, amid all gloom,

Give forth a joyous sound.

O bid me seize the harp of faith,

And sing a holy strain,

Until each day my life and thought

Resound in glad refrain.