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Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.

By Leon Gordon

The Vision of His People

ERE yet the morn in glory rose,

While yet I tuned my harp’s sweet string,

A change came over me, alas!

I can but wail—I cannot sing!

For frightful dreams I saw by night,

I saw my people—horrid sight!