| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | The American Jewess | | By Albert Ulmann |
| | | O YOUNGEST daughter of thy ancient race, | |
| In thy behalf great progress has been wrought; | |
| Thou hast advanced unto a higher place | |
| In this free land of stirring act and thought. | |
| Unhampered child of liberty art thou, | 5 |
| Upon whom smiles each science and each art; | |
| The fetters of the past are rent and now | |
| Thou canst go freely forth and do thy part. | |
| But more than this the present means to thee: | |
| Thou art the sponsor of thy people’s weal, | 10 |
| And thine the sacred privilege to be | |
| The guardian spirit of its high ideal— | |
| To seek the right, uphold the just, the true, | |
| And make of each a better man, a worthier Jew. | | | | |
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