| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Mizpah | | Anonymous |
| | | | “The Lord watch between me and thee when we are absent from each other.”—Gen. xxxi. 49. |
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A BROAD gold band engraven | |
| With word of Holy Writ | |
| A ring, the bond and token, | |
| Which love and prayer hath lit, | |
| When absent from each other | 5 |
| O’er mountain, vale and sea, | |
| The Lord, who guarded Israel, | |
| Keeps watch ’tween me and thee. | |
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| Through days of light and gladness, | |
| Through days of love and life, | 10 |
| Through smiles, and joy, and sunshine, | |
| Through days with beauty rife; | |
| When absent from each other, | |
| O’er mountain, vale, and sea, | |
| The Lord of love and gladness, | 15 |
| Keep watch ’tween me and thee. | |
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| Through days of doubt and darkness, | |
| In fear and trembling breath; | |
| Through mists of sin and sorrow, | |
| In tears, and grief and death, | 20 |
| The Lord of life and glory, | |
| The King of earth and sea, | |
| The Lord who guarded Israel, | |
| Keep watch ’tween me and thee. | | | |
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