| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Zionism | | By Herbert N. Carson |
| | | THE STORY that Herzl told was true— | |
| Too bitter true for tears; | |
| The blood-marked trail of the homeless Jew | |
| Winds back two thousand years. | |
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| Walled out by hate from the Gentile’s heart, | 5 |
| And lashed by senseless lies, | |
| The Jew has walked in the nigh-apart, | |
| And shunned his brother’s eyes. | |
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| But now—at last—he stands erect, | |
| Nor fears to be alone; | 10 |
| No Czar—no king—no church—no sect, | |
| Can keep him from his own. | |
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| His flag shall fly where his fathers fought— | |
| In the homeland of the Jew; | |
| One race! One flag! One nation! Why not? | 15 |
| For the dream of the strong comes true. | | | | |
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