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May the language of truth be established forever, or as the poet …
Contributor:
Leone Modena
Places:
Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1622/23
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Oh white spirit—
My princess!
The spring rips,
Tears at your dress.
The air is full of spring’s fame
Crowned with florets
Carrying its perfume
Spring’s fresh scents.
Bringing your death,
My white…
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Celia Dropkin
Places:
New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1917
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He read my songs of sorrow and mourning . . .
Has one Poet wreaked against his People
If I erred through licentious ways,
If I erred, vain and unfaithful?
Thus mourns my song. No word of comfort…
Contributor:
Jacob Israël de Haan
Places:
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date:
1915
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And yet she was the jewel of perfection to all far and near
Who had not seen such splendor, all who came from north and south
From all lands and gathered there, the distinguished
Who were drawn to…
Contributor:
Benjamin ha-Levi Ashkenazi
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
ca. 1545
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Your glory, O Israel,
Lies slain on your heights;
How have the mighty fallen!
Tell it not in Gath,
Do not proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon,
Lest the daughters of the Philistine rejoice,
Les…
Places:
Land of Israel (Israel)
Date:
Biblical Period