| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Mrs. Ellis A. Franklin | | Anonymous |
| | | IT was not granted to her she should lead | |
| A mighty cause or grace a learned throng, | |
| The humbler task was hers; she lived among | |
| Her children and she taught them to succeed | |
| To her inheritance of faith and deed. | 5 |
| And what she wrought, unwitting of all wrong, | |
| Unwitting of her worth, she let belong | |
| To others, and to others left the meed. | |
| The tower to its eminence on high | |
| Would not have risen at the author’s will | 10 |
| Alone; those who builded it may die, | |
| The name of the designer never will. | |
| So those whose fame and work no records hold | |
| Inspire the deeds that live for time untold. | | | | |
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