| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | “Once more a singing soul’s most airy vessel” | | By Allan Eastman Cross |
| | | ONCE more a singing soul’s most airy vessel | |
| Hath on its journey sped; | |
| Once more we linger by the shadowy waters, | |
| Mourning a spirit fled. | |
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| Yet, lingering here, we catch the tender vision | 5 |
| Of Beauty, throned above, | |
| As fondly welcoming a spirit laden | |
| With beauty and with love; | |
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| For she who left us hath with love deep freighted | |
| Her spirit’s ample powers— | 10 |
| She filled her life, her very name with beauty, | |
| Like a rare urn with flowers. | | | | |
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