| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Passage of the Red Sea | | Anonymous |
| | | IN doubt, in weariness, in woe, | |
| The host of Israel flee; | |
| Behind them rode the raging foe, | |
| Before them was the sea. | |
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| The angry waters at their feet, | 5 |
| All dark and dread, rolled on; | |
| And where the sky and desert meet, | |
| Spears flashed against the sun. | |
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| But still along the eastern sky | |
| The fiery pillar shone, | 10 |
| And o’er the waves that rolled so high | |
| It bade them still come on. | |
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| Then Moses turned the sea toward, | |
| And raised his hand on high; | |
| The angry waters know their lord: | 15 |
| They know him, and they fly. | |
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| Where never gleamed the red sunlight, | |
| Where foot of man ne’er trod, | |
| Down, down they go, and left and right | |
| The wall of waters stood. | 20 |
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| Full soon along that vale of fear, | |
| With cymbals, horns, and drums, | |
| With many a steed and many a spear | |
| The maddening monarch comes. | |
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| A moment—far as eye could reach, | 25 |
| The thronging myriads tread; | |
| The next—the waste and silent deep | |
| Was, rolling o’er their head. | | | | |
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