| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | The Return | | By R. E. I. |
| | THE PEOPLE WIDE open, ye doors, and raise up high, O gate, | |
| We are coming again, who have waited so long— | |
| With shouts and rejoicing, with music and song; | |
| Then haste ye, companions, nor linger nor wait. | |
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ZION O not as a beggar that seeketh for alms, | 5 |
| As conquering host ye are coming to me, | |
| From valley and mountain, from land and from sea | |
| With thunder of trumpets and waving of palms. | |
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THE PEOPLE Our flag shall be planted on Zion’s fair side, | |
| We shall rest in its shade, who have wandered so long, | 10 |
| Our tears turned to laughter, our sighs into song, | |
| Rejoicing as Bridegroom that greeteth his Bride. | | | | |
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