Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.
VIII. In Lighter Vein
- The Stamp of Civilization—Max Nordau (Trans. J. F.)
- Confidence—Max Nordau (Trans. J. F.)
- Ein uralter Spruch—Heinrich Heine
- The Vision of His People—Leon Gordon
- Israelite—Santob De Carrion
- Between Two Stools—John Heath
- The Rabbi’s Present—Anonymous
- An Epitaph—Ben Jacob (Trans. Joseph Chotzner)
- All Things To All Men—Ben Joseph Palquera (Trans. Harry W. Ettelson)
- The Miser—Ben Zed (Trans. Joseph Chotzner)
- The Wife’s Treasure—Sabine Baring-Gould
- Water Song—Solomon Ibn Gabirol (Trans. Israel Abrahams)
- “Full sweet of a truth is the sparkle of wine”—Solomon Ibn Gabirol (Trans. Joseph Chotzner)
- Wine Song—Judah Al-Harizi (Trans. I. A.)
- The Ballad of Ephron, Prince of Topers—Immanuel Ben Solomon of Rome (Trans. Solomon Solis Cohen)