| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Joseph Joachim | | By Robert Bridges |
| | | BELOV’D of all to whom the muse is dear, | |
| Who hid her spirit of rapture from the Greek | |
| Whereby our art excelleth the antique, | |
| Perfecting formal beauty to the ear: | |
| Thou hast been in England many a year | 5 |
| The interpreter who left us nought to seek, | |
| Making Beethoven’s inmost passion speak, | |
| Bringing the soul of great Sebastian near. | |
| Their music liveth ever and ’tis just | |
| That thou good Joachim so high thy skill | 10 |
| Rank (as thou shalt upon the heavenly hill) | |
| Laurel’d with them, for thy ennobling trust | |
| Remembered when thy loving hand is still | |
| And every ear that heard thee stopt with dust. | | | | |
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