| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | How Long? | | By Judah Ha-Levi |
| | | HOW long wilt thou in childhood’s slumber lie? | |
| Know that youth flies like chaff the wind before. | |
| Can spring forever last? Nay, soon draws nigh | |
| Old age’s messenger with tresses hoar. | |
| Shake thyself free from sin, as ere they fly, | 5 |
| The birds shake of the night-dews’ pearled store. | |
| Cast off temptations that thy peace defy, | |
| Like troubled waves upon a rocky shore, | |
| And follow after that pure company | |
| Of souls that seek God’s goodness evermore. | 10 | | | |
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