Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | Mrs. Ellis A. Franklin | Anonymous |
| IT was not granted to her she should lead | |
A mighty cause or grace a learned throng, | |
The humbler task was hers; she lived among | |
Her children and she taught them to succeed | |
To her inheritance of faith and deed. | 5 |
And what she wrought, unwitting of all wrong, | |
Unwitting of her worth, she let belong | |
To others, and to others left the meed. | |
The tower to its eminence on high | |
Would not have risen at the authors will | 10 |
Alone; those who builded it may die, | |
The name of the designer never will. | |
So those whose fame and work no records hold | |
Inspire the deeds that live for time untold. | | | |
|
|