| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | The Glory of God | | By Rebekah Hyneman |
| | | | On seeing the sun suddenly break forth and illumine the Sepher while it was being carried to the Hechal. |
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WAS it thus, stricken remnant, the glory of God | |
| Burst forth on the fathers, and showered its light | |
| Across the rude path that those weary ones trod,— | |
| A cloud-pillar by day, a flame-witness by night? | |
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| As it guided the sire, it now gleams on the son; | 5 |
| As it shone in the wilderness lonely and drear, | |
| So it burst to assure thee, O desolate one, | |
| That in sorrow and exile His presence is here. | |
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| Then say not the day of thy triumph has fled, | |
| Say not that the star of thy glory has set, | 10 |
| While the same holy blessing still rests on thy head, | |
| And the same “fire from heaven” illumines thee yet. | | | |
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