| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Ruth | | By H. Hyman |
| | | LEAVE thee alone in sorrow! Ask me not, | |
| Oh, mother of my dead love, I entreat; | |
| Although I fain would linger near the spot | |
| Where rests one I on earth no more shall greet. | |
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| Should we who shared our pleasures side by side, | 5 |
| Apart in sorrow and bereavement be? | |
| No; I will cleave to thee, whate’er betide, | |
| Knowing no comfort, unless shared with thee. | |
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| Then seek not to divide my path from thine; | |
| Tread not alone thy journey, full of woe; | 10 |
| For his dear sake thy people shall be mine, | |
| And whither thou goest will I also go. | | | | |
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