Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.
By Eugene KohnSing Unto God a New Song
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These melodies of melancholic strain
That mourn the vanished glory that did reign
O’er Zion in the golden days of yore.
Wherefore forever weep, fore’er deplore
Our loss? Vain are our tears, our prayer is vain
Would we our ancient heritage regain,
Then must our song on faith’s own pinions soar.
Sing then to God a joyous song,
Yea, sing Redemption’s sun new-risen in the East,
A song of triumph till the echoes ring
Back from the ample heaven’s azure dome;
For yet shall we, from evil’s chains released,
Zion, to thee return, our hallowed home.