| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | B’nai B’rith | | By Rosa Strauss |
| | | PAUSE, O ye winds of Heaven, pause in your winged flight | |
| To catch on your spreading bosom, on your circling pinions bright, | |
| The voices of Heavenly joyance, the pæans of gladsome praise | |
| That float from yon mansion of splendor, lit by eternal rays. | |
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| That float yon palace of beauty, that rears to a towering height | 5 |
| In proud built, massive grandeur, its gleaming walls of light, | |
| Yea, count ye, the many stories, and mark ye the noble air | |
| ’Tis the Order B’nai B’rith—a castle wondrous fair! | |
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| Then pause, O ye fleeting winds, and hark to the pulsing swells, | |
| The anthems of glorious hope, the peal of the Jubilee bells! | 10 |
| As they mount to the crystal skies, and gladden the welkin above | |
| With their silvery voices of love, born of a golden love. | |
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| A myriad host of voices, that flood the night with glee | |
| And grow from a muffled murmur to an outcry wild and free | |
| As we climb from the level upward, in the wondrous palace of light, | 15 |
| And the bells increase in beauty, and the walls increase in might. | |
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| The sun-kissed heights at last; in pride subdued we turn | |
| To cast a backward glance, and our souls within us burn, | |
| Yea friends, a noble structure, framed from our hearts’ best love | |
| With willing hands well-wrought, and blessed by Heaven above. | 20 |
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| See from the thousand windows, the streaming rays of light | |
| Dispelling with warmth and splendor the darkness of the night, | |
| And guiding the weary ones, lost in the blackness without, | |
| Straight to the Beacon of hope, away from the labyrinth of doubt. | |
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| The twilight of ignorance changing to the glorious noonday bright, | 25 |
| A lamp of life to the struggling, a torch to the blinded sight, | |
| Enlightenment, fair motto engraved on our walls and souls; | |
| Light! Light! for the night-wrapt world—yea, spread it to the poles. | | | | |
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