| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | To Forgive Is Divine | | By M. L. R. Breslar |
| | | FATHER of Mercies, and all Human Love, | |
| Who peereth far beyond our sullen skies, | |
| Remember all the smile-borne agonies, | |
| And stubborn scars of saintly men who strove | |
| With glaives of griefless Faith, in dyke and grove, | 5 |
| And byre and barn, ’gainst the barbarities | |
| Of priest and mob, and the atrocities | |
| By traitors wreaked in passion for their dove. | |
| Remember not those loathsome deeds, O Lord! | |
| But spread the light of Wisdom in the hearts | 10 |
| Of Rulers, and of Nations in those parts, | |
| Where ripens knowledge of Thine Holy Word, | |
| That in our day, Israel may once more | |
| Have Peace, and Sunshine, as in days of yore. | | | | |
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