| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | “Not ’mid the clash of arms he won” | | By Louis Meyerhardt |
| | | NOT ’mid the clash of arms he won | |
| An evanescent fame. | |
| Nor in a nation’s councils gained | |
| A statesman’s honored name; | |
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| But in humanity’s great cause | 5 |
| He nobly did his part, | |
| So shall his loved memory be | |
| Enshrined in every heart. | |
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| With lavish hand, on all alike, | |
| His charity bestowing, | 10 |
| None sought in vain his kindly heart, | |
| With generous impulse glowing. | |
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| More lasting far than marble shaft, | |
| Or mausoleum grand, | |
| His mem’ry shall remain, while sounds | 15 |
| His fame in every land. | | | | |
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