Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.
By Deborah Kleinert JanowitzPassover
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The conflict of the elements is passed!
Again the spring its wealth of verdure yields,
The probing sun has conquered frost at last!
The longed for resurrection of its charms,
Each peeping bud a type of Freedom’s birth,—
A conquest each o’er winter’s dread alarms.
Are prototypes of Liberty’s blest morn
When Israel’s rescue first that truth revealed,—
“To free and equal rights all men are born!”
Emancipates herself from winter’s reign,
So shall the clarion note of Freedom sound
And all the world the burden proud sustain.
Who languish for the light of Freedom’s sun,—
Let all the Nations join the glad acclaim,—
“Our God is One—Humanity is One!”