| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Maid of Persia | | By Harry Weiss |
| | | MAID of Persia, Myrtle named, | |
| For thy graces rightly famed, | |
| Esther, ours for evermore, | |
| Queen to-day from oldest yore— | |
| Ere we leave thee let thy grace | 5 |
| Linger with us for a space. | |
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| Israel’s maidens be like thee, | |
| Holding fast fidelity | |
| To the cause of Israel, | |
| That they yield not to the spell | 10 |
| Of the glitter and the gold | |
| Shining in another fold. | |
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| Oh, our hearts are thine to-day | |
| For the dread thou didst allay, | |
| For the plot of Haman foiled | 15 |
| That our race was not despoiled, | |
| For the worth of Mordecai | |
| Who the plotters did defy. | |
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| Let thy spirit be our share | |
| Through whatever lands we fare; | 20 |
| Mordecai and Esther be | |
| Lord and queen eternally | |
| In the heart of man and maid, | |
| Making Israel unafraid. | |
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| Of “the foe that stalks by night, | 25 |
| Of the fowlers luring might,” | |
| Of the envy and the hate | |
| Which all centuries relate. | |
| Maid of Juda, daughter dear, | |
| Be thy spirit ever near. | 30 | | | |
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