Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.
By (Trans. Robert Needham Cust)Patriotism
From the Persian
T
Than the throne of Solomon;
Thorns from home, too, dearer are
Than myrtle or than cinnamon.
Joseph, in the pride of State,
Ruling over Egypt’s strand
Sighed, and would have changed his fate
For poverty in Canaan’s Land.