| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Esther J. Ruskay | | By George Alexander Kohut |
| | | WE meet to-day to call upon thy name, | |
| With wistful eyes to contemplate and trace | |
| Each feature of thy well-remembered face; | |
| And as we light the faint memorial flame | |
| To hear above the cadence of our prayer | 5 |
| The brush of wings across the tranquil air, | |
| As though thy radiant spirit rustled there;— | |
| To see thee once again, ere yet we go | |
| Our devious ways, unmindful of the gloom, | |
| And know that though we robed thee for the tomb | 10 |
| Thou livest yet, transfigured and aglow, | |
| In far-off fields of fragrant asphodel, | |
| Where seraphs and thy starry kindred dwell— | |
| Revered and loved and mourned in Israel. | | | | |
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