| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Zionism | | By Samuel Roth |
| | | I AM come with the dawn on the swift wings of light, | |
| Through the gloom of long ages of strife, | |
| And will bear you away from these regions of night | |
| Far from the dull-plodding toil to new life. | |
| Yet I come not in rage and my nets are not spread | 5 |
| Nor come I to inspire you to wrath. | |
| But I come with the dawn—and by it you’ll be led | |
| From the land of the shadow of death. | |
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| Lo! I find you in bondage, in hunger, and sorrow, | |
| Bending low ’neath the chains of the slave; | 10 |
| But with life in its wake will I bring you the morrow— | |
| To a life yond the gloom of this grave! | |
| And filled with the spirit of joy I shall lead you | |
| To the land where you’ll breathe freedom’s breath; | |
| From the scorn of your brothers to joy I will speed you | 15 |
| From the land of the shadow of death! | | | | |
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