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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
YOM KIPPUR, by GUSTAV GOTTHEIL Poet's Biography First Line: To thee we give ourselves today Last Line: Thy light at our life's eventide. Subject(s): Faith; Fasts & Feasts; Jews; Yom Kippur; Belief; Creed; Judaism | |||
TO Thee we give ourselves today, Forgetful of the world outside; We tarry in Thy House, O Lord, From eventide to eventide. From Thy all-seeing, righteous eye Our deepest heart can nothing hide; It crieth up to Thee for peace From eventide to eventide. Who could endure, should'st Thou, O Lord, As we deserve, forever chide? We therefore seek Thy pardoning grace From eventide to eventide. O may we lay to heart how swift The years of life do onward glide; So learn to live that we may see Thy light at our life's eventide. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD A LITTLE HISTORY by DAVID LEHMAN FOR I WILL CONSIDER YOUR DOG MOLLY by DAVID LEHMAN JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE NATIONAL THOUGHTS by YEHUDA AMICHAI SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 2. ANGEL ... by MARVIN BELL THE DAY OF REST by GUSTAV GOTTHEIL TO THEODORE HERZL by GUSTAV GOTTHEIL THE BURIAL OF BOSTON CORBETT (ONE WARDEN TO ANOTHER) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |
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