Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ESTHER, by FLORENCE WEISBERG


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ESTHER, by                    
First Line: Sweet jewish maid, crown'd with a monarch's / love
Last Line: We bring to thee.
Subject(s): Jews; Jews - Women; Judaism


SWEET Jewish maid, crown'd with a monarch's love,
Thy gentle grace
Sought for no glory, for no sov'reign pow'r,
No pride of place.
"If thy handmaiden hath good favour found
In the king's eyes,
Grant but my people's lives (e'en tho' I be
The sacrifice);
For we are sold, my people and myself,
To cruel foe.
How can I bear to see my kindred's wrong,
My race's woe?"
So thou art honoured and thy name shall live
While Time shall be,
O queenly heart! Our homage and our love
We bring to thee.





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