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SONNET ADDRESSED TO SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE, by                    
First Line: If patriarchal days alone were thine
Last Line: Leaning on god, to wait the coming day.
Subject(s): Jews; Montefiore, Moses Haim (1784-1885); Judaism


IF Patriarchal days alone were thine—
Though we might well adore the mighty Hand
Which oft has led thee in the Promised Land
To trace the glories of thine earlier line,
Thou faithful servant of that Lord Divine
Which tends like Shepherd true the minished band
Of Israel—though such life in wisdom planned
Might well our hearts to wondering faith incline,
Now wonder yields to high and hallowing thought
That faith alone could lead thine onward way
And teach our souls with earthly cares distraught
To follow through the gloom that brightening ray
Which leads thee, now thine earthly work is wrought,
Leaning on God, to wait the coming day.





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