H. B. Gayfer. Oscar Cohen. Friedlander, Joseph, comp. 1917. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse

Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.

Oscar Cohen

By H. B. Gayfer


OH, that death should lay thee low,
With thy fame not zenith high!—
Ah, the pity that the foe
Should have thought thee ripe to die!

Like the greatest one of old—	5
Moses, strong of heart and hand—
Thou hast led thy wandering fold
Onward to the promised land.

Stranger to thy creed and race,
Alien to the older Word,	10
Yet I loved thee! On thy face
Shone the glory of the Lord.