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THE JEWS IN RUSSIA, by                    
First Line: From town and village to a wood, stript bare
Last Line: "till they draw lightning from jehovah's eyes."
Subject(s): Jews; Persecution; Right To Asylum; Russia; Judaism; Soviet Union; Russians


FROM town and village to a wood, stript bare,
As they of their possessions, see them throng,
Above them grows a cloud; it moves along,
As flee they from the circling wolf pack's glare.
Is it their Broken-Shadow of despair,
The looming of their life of cruel wrong
For countless ages? No; their faith is strong
In their Jehovah; that huge cloud is prayer.

A flash of light, and black the despot lies,
What thunder round the world!
'Tis transport's strain
Proclaiming loud: "No righteous prayer is vain.
No God-imploring tears are lost; they rise
Into a cloud, and in the sky remain,
Till they draw lightning from Jehovah's eyes."





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