Poems of Emma Lazarus. Vol. 2, Jewish poems : translations [electronic text]

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Poems of Emma Lazarus. Vol. 2, Jewish poems : translations [electronic text]
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Lazarus, Emma, 1849-1887
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Boston: New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
1889
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"Poems of Emma Lazarus. Vol. 2, Jewish poems : translations [electronic text]." In the digital collection American Verse Project. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BAK3042.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.

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THE SUPREME SACRIFICE.

WELL-NIGH two thousand years hath IsraelSuffered the scorn of man for love of God;Endured the outlaw's ban, the yoke, the rod,With perfect patience. Empires rose and fell,Around him Nebo was adored and Bel;Edom was drunk with victory, and trodOn his high places, while the sacred sodWas desecrated by the infidel.His faith proved steadfast, without breach or flaw,But now the last renouncement is required.His truth prevails, his God is God, his LawIs found the wisdom most to be desired.

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Not his the glory! He, maligned, misknown,Bows his meek head, and says, "Thy will be done!"
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