| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | A Hymn of Zion | | By Joel Blau |
| | | ZION, we love thee well, | |
| Fair land of Israel, | |
| For thee we long! | |
| Thou art our heart’s desire, | |
| Our altar’s holy fire, | 5 |
| The breath that stirs our lyre, | |
| To Freedom’s song! | |
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| Land which the Jordan laves, | |
| Land of the sacred graves, | |
| For thee we weep! | 10 |
| Land where the Prophets trod, | |
| Where Truth erst swayed the rod, | |
| Where Psalmists sang of God, | |
| Thy faith we keep! | |
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| Thy dawn now fills our eyes, | 15 |
| Thy hope now tints our skies— | |
| Our soul’s athrill! | |
| A shoot from Jesse’s stem, | |
| Shall rule Jerusalem, | |
| Bright be his diadem, | 20 |
| O’er Zion’s hill! | | | | |
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