Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.
By Heinrich HeineEin uralter Spruch
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From memory have fled,
No prayer at meals, at rising,
Nor when I go to bed.
But one I hold in high esteem,
And looms in large proportion;
My stay it is in happy hours,
And staff in my misfortune.
And would you know this pray’r of mine,
Mosaic interwoven?
It is the ancient formula
Boree Peri Hagofen.