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

By Felix N. Gerson

Simon Wolf

THE MEASURE of a worthy man

Is not the count of days or years—

That life is noblest that doth plan

Assuagement of a people’s tears.

His people’s tears he did allay—

O’er rugged steeps his hands were spread

To help his brethren find a way

From the dark labyrinth of dread.

In the brave heart—the lofty mind—

The dauntless spirit that outran

The body’s strength, the world shall find

The measure of a worthy man!