Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE LAST SABBATH LIGHT, by HENRY ROSENBLATT


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THE LAST SABBATH LIGHT, by                    
First Line: The last lone sabbath candle sheds
Last Line: "and build a star in heaven."
Subject(s): Jews; Light; Sabbath; Stars; Judaism; Sunday


THE last lone Sabbath candle sheds
Its light as pure as Torah;
Three other wicks as black as night
Lie spent in the Menorah.

Without, the darkness gathers thick;
The window panes are frozen—
"Oh, God, let not for my last breath
A pall of gloom be chosen.

"On me a mother's tears were shed
One evening of each seven;
So gather up my dying flame
And build a star in heaven."





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