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Joseph Friedlander, comp.  The Standard Book of Jewish Verse.  1917.
 
The Harvesting of the Roses
By Menahem Ben Jacob
 
FROM his garden bed our Lord
Blossoms for his pleasure chose,
Who came to gather many a rose.
Nobles waited for his word;
Amidst the rage of murderous blows        5
They were in death to him restored.
 
 
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