| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | The Awakening of Israel | | Anonymous |
| | | MUST the sea plead in vain that the river | |
| May return to its mother for rest | |
| And the earth beg the rain-clouds to give her | |
| Of dews she has drawn from her breast? | |
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| Swing inward, Oh! gates of the future, | 5 |
| Swing outward, ye doors of the past, | |
| For the soul of Israel is waking | |
| And rising from slumber at last. | |
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| The black clouds of night are retreating, | |
| The white peaks have signaled the day; | 10 |
| And freedom her long roll is beating | |
| And calling her sons to the fray. | |
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| From the dust where his proud tyrants found him | |
| Unhonored, and scorned and betrayed, | |
| He shall rise with the sunlight around him | 15 |
| And rule in the realm he has made. | | | | |
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