| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | During the Crusades (“Behold, O Lord, Thy faithful people!”) | | Anonymous |
| | | BEHOLD, O Lord, Thy faithful people! | |
| The father slays his child, the dear one; | |
| The mother has her task accomplished, | |
| And sends to Thee her hallowed offspring. | |
| Across their knees the parents brandish | 5 |
| The keen-edged knives for work of slaughter; | |
| The mother ties the child, | |
| The father makes the gash; | |
| They say a sacrificial blessing, | |
| For they are met to die together, | 10 |
| And to make known Thy holy Oneness | |
| And one announces to the other, | |
| “This day we keep a feast of union!” | |
| Their children all they immolate, | |
| As free-will gifts, as bonds of love. | 15 | | | |
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