Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.
By Rudyard KiplingThe Rabbis Song
I
On Heaven let it dwell.
For fear that Thought be given
Like Power to reach to Hell;
For fear that Desolation
And darkness on thy mind
Perplex the habitation
Which thou hast left behind.
Are poured upon the ground;
God giveth no man quarter,
Yet God a means hath found,
Tho’ faith and hope have vanished
And even love grows dim,
A means whereby his banished
Be not expelled from Him.