| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Beth-el | | By John B. Tabb |
| | | A RUGGED stone, | |
| For centuries neglected and alone,— | |
| Its destiny unknown. | |
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| The tide of light | |
| Sped o’er it, and the breakers of the night, | 5 |
| In alternating flight. | |
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| And it was wet | |
| With twilight dew, the sacramental sweat | |
| That mystic dreams beget. | |
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| There Jacob lay, | 10 |
| Dark struggling, till the wrestler, white as day | |
| Brake from his arms away. | |
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| Upon the sod | |
| A pillow; then, by countless angels trod, | |
| A stepping stone to God. | 15 | | | |
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