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Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.

By E. L. Levetus

Chanukah in Russia, 1905

SET high the light where all may see—

The flame that since two thousand years

Has burned—now dim with misery.

A light of mourning it appears;

Stand firm! still flows the cruse divine,

Our star with dazzling ray shall shine.

Raise up the flag! Our doubting hearts

Too long have kept it closely furled;

Meekness and fear have played their parts,

Valour alone can tame the world

And show, in might of unity,

That like our sires we shall be free.