Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.
By J. F.The Seder
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That dawns o’er land and sea,
Proclaim the story far and wide
That made a people free.
Yet never dim it grows,
And now as in the days of old
No fading light it knows.
Across the moving years,
And gayly in our festive homes
Rings welcome in our ears.
With gladsome hearts around,
A hallowed scene of joy and light
As nowhere else is found.
Before our view are spread,
The bitter herb and mystic wine,
The Paschal meat and bread.
The tale again is told,
With heightened tone and full rich store
Of legend quaint and old.
And through long years did bide,
How on them Pharaoh laid his hand
In all his godless pride.
And swift His vengeance wrought,
’Mid signs and wonders from on high
The tyrant low was brought.
Freedom crowned their day,
They marched away a people free
With banners high and gay.
Israel far and wide
Remembers through the ages long
This happy festal-tide.