| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | The Sabbath | | By Nina Davis |
| | | NOT for us the Sabbath of the quiet streets, | |
| Sabbath peaceful o’er the world outspread, | |
| Felt where every man his neighbor greets, | |
| Heard in hush of many a slowly passing tread. | |
| Not the robe of silence for our holy day:— | 5 |
| Noisy flock the worker and the player; | |
| Toil and stir and laughter of the way | |
| Surge around the steps that seek a place of prayer. | |
| Silent we while through the thronging street and mart | |
| Work-day clamor of the city rolls:— | 10 |
| Cloistered inly, from the world apart, | |
| Ours ’tis to bear the Sabbath in our souls. | | | | |
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