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

By Allan Eastman Cross

“Once more a singing soul’s most airy vessel”

ONCE more a singing soul’s most airy vessel

Hath on its journey sped;

Once more we linger by the shadowy waters,

Mourning a spirit fled.

Yet, lingering here, we catch the tender vision

Of Beauty, throned above,

As fondly welcoming a spirit laden

With beauty and with love;

For she who left us hath with love deep freighted

Her spirit’s ample powers—

She filled her life, her very name with beauty,

Like a rare urn with flowers.