| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Kol Nidré | | By M. Osias |
| | | IN lonely hours of thought I long | |
| To hear again that sacred song, | |
| So solemn, beautiful and soft, | |
| Which years ago I heard so oft! | |
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| No song of war or jilted love, | 5 |
| Nor of the moon and stars above; | |
| A wandering tribe without a goal | |
| Asks pardon from its very soul. | |
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| Kol Nidré, masterpiece of art, | |
| Thou outcry of a weary heart, | 10 |
| Sublime, seraphic, seems to me | |
| The sweetness of thy melody. | |
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| No other song is half so rich, | |
| And none may ever so bewitch | |
| Like thee—For magic is thy spell | 15 |
| O hymn of Israel. | | | | |
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