| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Daniel | | By Richard Wilton |
| | | IMPERIAL Persia bowed to his wise sway— | |
| A hundred provinces his daily care; | |
| A queenly city with its gardens fair | |
| Smiled round him—but his heart was far away, | |
| Forsaking pomp and power “three times a day.” | 5 |
| For chamber lone, he seeks his solace there; | |
| Through windows opening westward floats his prayer | |
| Towards the dear distance where Jerusalem lay, | |
| So let me morn, noon, evening, steal aside | |
| And shutting my heart’s door to earth’s vain pleasure | 10 |
| And manifold solicitudes, find leisure | |
| The windows of my soul to open wide | |
| Towards that blest city and that heavenly treasure | |
| Which past these visible horizons hide. | | | | |
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