| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | The Kishineff Massacre | | By Rose Strauss |
| | | O LORD, Thy righteous wrath and vengeance pour | |
| Upon the bloody horde, who in Thy name, | |
| The sacred name, hath stained with crimson gore | |
| The Russian land and filled Thy earth with shame. | |
| Let fall upon their heads the bolts of flame | 5 |
| To teach the vile oppressor, yet once more | |
| A living God doth rule the nations o’er— | |
| A God of strength and might whose hand can tame | |
| Their hireling hearts and teach their hate restraint. | |
| Avenge Thy slaughtered sons, O Lord supreme! | 10 |
| Their blood doth cry from rock and vale and height; | |
| And Thou, to whom the sparrow’s piping plaint | |
| Is poignant as the eagle’s piercing scream, | |
| Will not be deaf, but with Thy thunder smite. | | | | |
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