| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | David and Jonathan | | By Lucretia Davidson |
| | | ON the brow of Gilboa is war’s bloody stain, | |
| The pride and the beauty of Israel is slain; | |
| O publish it not in proud Askelon’s street, | |
| Nor tell it in Gath, lest in triumph they meet, | |
| For how are the mighty fallen! | 5 |
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| O mount of Gilboa, no dew shalt thou see, | |
| Save the blood of the Philistine fall upon thee; | |
| For the strong-pinioned eagle of Israel is dead, | |
| Thy brow is his pillow, thy bosom his bed! | |
| O how are the mighty fallen! | 10 |
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| Weep, daughters of Israel, weep o’er his grave! | |
| What breast will now pity, what arm will now save? | |
| O my brother! my brother! this heart bleeds for thee, | |
| For thou wert a friend and a brother to me! | |
| Ah, how are the mighty fallen! | 15 | | | |
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