| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Ode on Chazanuth | | By Nina Davis |
| | | ARISE and sing, thou deathless melody— | |
| Life’s blended song— | |
| Bearing on wings of sound aloft with thee | |
| A mortal throng. | |
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| Lo, living yet, beloved, lingering strain, | 5 |
| My harp of old, | |
| Voice of a patience that hath borne the pain | |
| Of years untold! | |
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| Each olden chord awaketh, every tone, | |
| Soaring at length, | 10 |
| Mingling a mighty gladness with a groan | |
| Of fallen strength. | |
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| Angels be gathering Earth’s ascending prayer, | |
| That, heavenward bound, | |
| Shall deck the Throne with wreathed garlands fair | 15 |
| Of wafted sound. | |
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| Song of the ages, lo! the fettered soul | |
| Shall break its bond, | |
| And, wrapt in thee, look forth upon the whole | |
| Of Heaven beyond. | 20 |
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| Sing on, sweet minstrel, thine immortal song— | |
| My harp for aye, | |
| Vision of hope to men that live and long | |
| And pass away. | | | | |
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