| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Like unto Sharon’s Roses | | By Rufus Learsi |
| | | MY darling, your grace | |
| And the bloom of your face | |
| Are sweet as of Sharon the roses,… | |
| And a radiance rare | |
| Illumines your hair | 5 |
| As verdure where moonlight reposes; | |
| And your cadence is low | |
| As Jordan’s still flow | |
| When twilight day’s revelry closes. | |
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| My darling, your blush | 10 |
| Is like morning’s full flush | |
| When over Mount Hermon he’s scaling, | |
| And the dream in your eye | |
| Is like Galilee’s sky | |
| When only one cloudlet is sailing, | 15 |
| And the lure of your smile | |
| My sadness beguile | |
| And raise me from doubting and failing. | | | | |
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