| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Pillow and Stone | | By Abram S. Isaacs |
| | | UPON a stone in olden time | |
| A wanderer sank to rest. | |
| A wondrous vision soothed his heart | |
| How strangely was he blessed! | |
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| The arched sky was his coverlet, | 5 |
| The night-wind cradle song; | |
| A ladder mounted heavenward | |
| Which bore an angel throng. | |
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| Ah, in these sober days of ours | |
| When we soft close our eyes, | 10 |
| No lofty ladder climbs above, | |
| No angel hosts arise. | |
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| And tho our bed be richly draped | |
| And royal fares our own, | |
| For oft we waken unrefreshed— | 15 |
| The pillow’s changed to stone! | | | | |
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