| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Esther | | By Florence Weisberg |
| | | SWEET Jewish maid, crown’d with a monarch’s love, | |
| Thy gentle grace | |
| Sought for no glory, for no sov’reign pow’r, | |
| No pride of place. | |
| “If thy handmaiden hath good favour found | 5 |
| In the king’s eyes, | |
| Grant but my people’s lives (e’en tho’ I be | |
| The sacrifice); | |
| For we are sold, my people and myself, | |
| To cruel foe. | 10 |
| How can I bear to see my kindred’s wrong, | |
| My race’s woe?” | |
| So thou art honoured and thy name shall live | |
| While Time shall be, | |
| O queenly heart! Our homage and our love | 15 |
| We bring to thee. | | | | |
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