| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | The Spirit of the Sabbath | | By Isidore G. Ascher |
| | | | “Come my beloved to meet the bride, the presence of the Sabbath let us receive.”—JEWISH PRAYER BOOK. |
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ON evening’s bosom snowy cloudlets weave, | |
| Light fantasies the veil of night shall hide. | |
| The wraiths of spectral cares that softly glide | |
| In silentness, and plaintive sighs that heave | |
| From those who have no strength to loudly grieve, | 5 |
| Are hushed; and in an ecstasy of pride, | |
| The soul of rest and stillness glorified. | |
| Welcome the beauty of the Sabbath Eve! | |
| Peace folds the soul, as petals fold a flower, | |
| Hushed in sweet slumbers with night’s darkened spell, | 10 |
| The bride has entered in her lovely bower, | |
| Where love entrenched in radiance doth dwell, | |
| And decked in sweetness, purity and truth, | |
| We greet her in her everlasting youth. | | | |
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