| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Pesach Le’ Osid | | Anonymous |
| | (The Passover of the Future)
ISRAEL in fetters still! The prophet’s wand | |
| Shall stretch across the tyrant’s hapless land, | |
| And prison doors shall straightway open wide, | |
| And barring waters shall like walls divide, | |
| To let the Lord’s redeemed pass dry-shod o’er | 5 |
| And reach a brighter, freer, friendlier shore. | |
| The angel that unseen spreads seeds of death | |
| And on each house corrupt pours poisoned breath | |
| Shall pass the homes of God’s appointed by | |
| And none that mark their lintel-posts shall die. | 10 |
| Hope paints this vision thus in golden hue | |
| And, deathless as Hope, doth Faith bespeak it true, | |
| Affliction’s bread shall yield to plenty’s leaven, | |
| The clouds shall pass and earth shall grow like heaven. | | | | |
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