| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | The Sabbath Day—Kiddush and Habdalah | | Anonymous |
| | | THOU sweet Sabbath of rest! Priceless gift from above! | |
| Sacred symbol of faith! Fruitful token of Love! | |
| Thrice welcome to him who hath cast off the coil | |
| Of wearisome, worrying, work-a-day toil; | |
| Then in spirit ecstatic that thrills the heart’s chord | 5 |
| He exclaims: “Enter hither thou blest of the Lord.” | |
| For prepared is my home as a fit dwelling-place | |
| For Heavenly Messengers, Angels of Grace, | |
| Who bear on their wings a new spirit benign | |
| That suffuses man’s soul with afflatus divine; | 10 |
| Thus bestowing upon him, for one day in seven, | |
| While a creature incarnate, a foretaste of Heaven. | | | | |
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