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THE PRIDE OF A JEW by YEHUDA HALEVI

First Line: WITH ALL MY HEART, IN TRUTH, AND PASSION STRONG
Last Line: AND SING THY PRAISES, O MY SONG, ALWAY!
Subject(s): JEWS; PRAISE; JUDAISM;
WITH all my heart, in truth, and passion strong,
I love Thee; both in solitude and throng
Thy name's with me, alone I shall not bide:
My friend art Thou, though others from me glide.
My lamp art too: my light shall never fade,
Nor shall my foot e'er slip, by Thee upstayed.
They little knew who have despised me so,
That shaming me doth cause my pride to glow.
O Fountain of my life, I'll bless Thee aye,
And sing Thy praises, O my song, alway!



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