| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Sonnet | | By Sara Copia Sullam |
| | | O LORD, Thou know’st my inmost hope and thought, | |
| Thou know’st whene’er before Thy judgment throne | |
| I shed salt tears, and uttered many a moan. | |
| ’Twas not for vanities that I besought. | |
| O turn on me Thy look with mercy fraught, | 5 |
| And see how envious malice makes me groan! | |
| The pall upon my heart by error thrown, | |
| Remove; illume me with Thy radiant thought. | |
| At truth let not the wicked scorner mock, | |
| O Thou, that breath’dst in me a spark divine. | 10 |
| The lying tongue’s deceit with silence blight, | |
| Protect me from its venom, Thou, my Rock, | |
| And show the spiteful sland’rer by this sign | |
| That Thou dost shield me with Thy endless might. | | | | |
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