Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.
By Nina DavisOde on Chazanuth
A
Life’s blended song—
Bearing on wings of sound aloft with thee
A mortal throng.
My harp of old,
Voice of a patience that hath borne the pain
Of years untold!
Soaring at length,
Mingling a mighty gladness with a groan
Of fallen strength.
That, heavenward bound,
Shall deck the Throne with wreathed garlands fair
Of wafted sound.
Shall break its bond,
And, wrapt in thee, look forth upon the whole
Of Heaven beyond.
My harp for aye,
Vision of hope to men that live and long
And pass away.