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

By Robert Loveman

O Israel

O ISRAEL, thy glory gleamed

Through long ages long ago;

O Israel, a David dreamed

Within thy tents of snow;

Thy warriors wise, and brave, and good,

Thy women queens of womanhood,

A pillared cloud, and manna food,

O Israel, sweet Israel.

O Israel, again I see

Thy chariot in the sky!

The seed of Abraham shall be

Through all eternity;

Our fathers’ faith, our fathers’ God,

The paths of peace wherein they trod,

With love, with truth, thy soul be shod,

O Israel, sweet Israel.