| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | The Old Book | | By Abram S. Isaacs |
| | | O BOOK of books, and friend of friends alone, | |
| How deep the debt of gratitude to thee! | |
| For every human ill thou hast a charm, | |
| With fragrance fresh as in Judæan days. | |
| How clear the message that thy pages bring | 5 |
| To rich and poor, to old and young the same, | |
| Forever sounding ’mid the centuries:— | |
| That God’s our father, tender, just and true, | |
| And we His children all, both bond and free | |
| Though clouds and darkness meet us on the way, | 10 |
| Thy radiant light is ever shining there. | | | | |
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