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When, through God’s guiding grace,
The prophet Joshua and the Hebrews
Encamped before the town of Jericho,
Besieging it from every side,
They…
Contributor:
‘Imrānī
Places:
Isfahan, Ottoman Empire (Isfahan, Iran)
Date:
Early 16th Century
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In my cottage was I one day merrily
Despite the Fortune full of treachery.
“What are you doing?” Providence asked me.
“Why are you obsessed only with this life?
You must also know of the…
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Yuāsuf Yahuādīā
Places:
Khanate of Bukhara (Bukhara, Uzbekistan)
Date:
1749
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Jeremiah:Not now the time for beginnings. The end draws nigh.The Mother:It is time! It is time! Long since have you grown to manhood. The house has need of a wife, and of children to raise up seed to…
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Stefan Zweig
Places:
Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1917
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Wake, Israel, wake! Recall to-day
The glorious Maccabean rage,
The sire heroic, hoary-gray,
His five-fold lion-lineage:
The Wise, the Elect, the Help-of-God,
The Burst-of-Spring, the…
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Emma Lazarus
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1882
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. . . And in darkness of night, without dagger or bow,
On a light steed King Saul arrives at ‘Ein Dor.
And in one of the houses a dark light appears,
The squire softly…
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Saul Tschernikovsky
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1893