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Subject: ZIONISM
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A CRY FOR ZION, by LOUIS SMIRNOW    Poem Text                    
First Line: Behold, as I sit here, alone and forlorn
Last Line: "here on earth, o return me, return my beth-el!"
Subject(s): Israel; Jews; Nations; Pain; Zionism; Judaism; Suffering; Misery


A HYMN OF ZION, by JOEL BLAU    Poem Text                    
First Line: Zion, we love thee well
Last Line: O'er zion's hill!
Subject(s): Faith; Freedom; Israel; Jerusalem; Jews; Zionism; Belief; Creed; Liberty; Judaism


A SONG OF ZION, by CARROLL RYAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We are coming, we are coming. Fling our banner
Last Line: Behold the hosts of israel are coming, coming home!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ryan, William Thomas Carroll
Subject(s): Home; Israel; Jews; National Songs; Zionism; Judaism; National Anthems


A SONG OF ZION, by WALTER VERNON-EPSTEIN    Poem Text                    
First Line: Jerusalem, my boast and pride
Last Line: Our fatherland to see.
Subject(s): Faith; Israel; Jews; Patriotism; Zionism; Belief; Creed; Judaism


AND ZION BE THE GLORY YET, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "o tribe of ancestry, be dumb, thy parchment roll"
Last Line: And zion be the glory yet and wonder of the earth
Subject(s): Ancestors & Ancestry;jews;zionism; Judaism


AWAKENING, by JESSIE E. SAMPTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Where wait the soldiers of the lord
Last Line: From scabbard's rust!
Subject(s): Israel; Jews; Zionism; Judaism


BUT WHO SHALL SEE, by THOMAS MOORE    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: But who shall see the glorious day
Last Line: Some long-lost exile home!
Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas
Subject(s): Jews; Religion; Zionism; Judaism; Theology


DAUGHTER OF ZION, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
Last Line: The oppressor is vanquished and zion is free!
Subject(s): Freedom;jews;zionism; Liberty;judaism


DYING IN JERUSALEM, by THOMAS RAGG    Poem Text                    
First Line: Jerusalem! Jerusalem!
Last Line: My father's land! My own!
Subject(s): Jerusalem; Jews; Zionism; Judaism


EE-CHOVOUD, by SAMPSON RAPHAEL HIRSCH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: How long, o lord! How long
Last Line: For 'tis long, o father; oh, how long!
Subject(s): Despair; Israel; Jews; Zionism; Judaism


GOOD TIDINGS TO ZION, by THOMAS KELLY (1769-1855)    Poem Text                    
First Line: On the mountain's top appearing
Last Line: End in everlasting rest.
Subject(s): Friendship; God; Jews; Zionism; Judaism


HATIKVAH-A SONG OF HOPE, by NAPHTALI HERZ IMBER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O while within a jewish breast
Last Line: "with israel's last son!""—"
Alternate Author Name(s): Imber, Naftali Herts
Subject(s): Hope; Jews; Zionism; Optimism; Judaism


HE WATCHETH OVER ISRAEL, by SOLOMON L. LONG    Poem Text                    
First Line: Though our harps hang on the willows
Last Line: And he slumbers not, nor sleeps.
Subject(s): Israel; Jews; Nations; Zionism; Judaism


HYMN, by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Lo where a crowd of pilgrims toil
Last Line: And your reward is sure.
Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Anna Letitia
Subject(s): Jews; Zionism; Judaism


IN EXILE, by MORRIS ROSENFELD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Go, with the wand'rer's staff in hand
Last Line: Lo, there will cease the tyrant's rod.
Subject(s): Exiles; Jews; Jews - Exodus From Egypt; Wandering & Wanderers; Zionism; Judaism


IN THE LAND OF OUR FATHERS, by K. L. SILLMAN    Poem Text                    
First Line: Blue are the skies in the land of our fathers
Last Line: Sailing the ocean of blue.
Subject(s): Home; Israel; Jews; Sailing & Sailors; Sea; Sea Voyages; Zionism; Judaism; Ocean


ISRAEL'S GOD, by LAWRENCE COHEN    Poem Text                    
First Line: No longer the children of zion need weep
Last Line: "he is one, is our god; he is one, is our lord."
Subject(s): God; Jews; Zionism; Judaism


JERUSALEM, by JOHN KEBBLE HERVEY    Poem Text                    
First Line: The ancient of cities!-the lady of nations!
Last Line: And the streams flowing backward to zion again!
Subject(s): Jerusalem; Jews; Nations; Zionism; Judaism


JERUSALEM, by P. C. L.    Poem Text                    
First Line: Jerusalem! Jerus'lem! Thy glories have fled
Last Line: In the faith of his word, and the might of his arm.
Subject(s): Faith; Jerusalem; Jews; Nations; Praise; War; Zionism; Belief; Creed; Judaism


LAMENT OF THE DAUGHTERS OF ZION, by J. F.    Poem Text                    
First Line: Away from our land
Last Line: J. F.
Subject(s): Immigrants; Jews; Lament; Zionism; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration; Judaism


LONGING FOR JERUSALEM, by YEHUDA HALEVI    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O city of the world, with sacred splendor blest
Last Line: As sweet as honey then, my passion, my desire!
Alternate Author Name(s): Halevi, Judah; Judah Ha-levi; Abu Al-hasan
Subject(s): Jerusalem; Jews; Zionism; Memory; Judaism


O SWEET ANEMONES!, by JESSIE E. SAMPTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O sweet anemones on sharon's plain
Last Line: Who still remembers, lives, refreshed with tears.
Subject(s): God; Israel; Jews; Zionism; Judaism


ON TO THE EAST, by NAPHTALI HERZ IMBER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Your loins let girt be
Last Line: March to zion! Ye brave!
Alternate Author Name(s): Imber, Naftali Herts
Subject(s): Cities; Jerusalem; Jews; Sea Voyages; Zionism; Urban Life; Judaism


ON TO THE PROMISED LAND, by ISRAEL GOLDBERG    Poem Text                    
First Line: A dawning sun breaks through the sable cloud!
Last Line: Of freedom for the never-conquered jew!
Alternate Author Name(s): Learsi, Rufus
Subject(s): Israel; Jews; Nations; Patriotism; Zionism; Judaism


ON!, by GEORGE BENEDICT    Poem Text                    
First Line: When israel marched from egypt land
Last Line: And let us on, on, on!
Subject(s): Freedom; Israel; Jews; Zionism; Liberty; Judaism


ONWARD, by J. M. MANICOFF    Poem Text                    
First Line: Where are you going, soldiers
Last Line: The lord will lead us through.
Subject(s): Flags; Freedom; Jews; Palestine; War; Zionism; Liberty; Judaism


PSALM CXXVI, by R. B. I.    Poem Text                    
First Line: When zion's dire captivity
Last Line: Come laden with his sheaves.
Subject(s): Bible; God; Jews; Zionism; Judaism


RALLYING SONG, by JESSIE E. SAMPTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: My people, my people! Arise, o bleeding east
Last Line: To consecrate her name.
Subject(s): Freedom; Israel; Jews; Zionism; Liberty; Judaism


REDEMPTION, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "awake, oh israel! And hear"
Last Line: A people honored by all men
Subject(s): Israel;jews;redemption;zionism; Judaism


THE AWAKENING OF ISRAEL, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Must the sea plead in vain that the river
Last Line: And rule in the realm he has made
Subject(s): Israel;jews;zionism; Judaism


THE CEDARS OF LEBANON, by HENRY THOMAS SCHNITTKIND    Poem Text                    
First Line: But the waves of the fury of nations
Last Line: To bring them home.
Alternate Author Name(s): Thomas, Henry+(2)
Subject(s): Israel; Jews; Nations; Zionism; Judaism


THE DAWN OF HOPE, by CONSTANCE PESSELS    Poem Text                    
First Line: See how the people of israel come trooping
Last Line: Gather again in thy sheltering fold.
Subject(s): Hope; Israel; Jews; Zionism; Optimism; Judaism


THE FALSE HOPE, by HORACE MEYER KALLEN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Methought I saw the heavy eyelids rise
Last Line: Horace m. Kallen.
Subject(s): Jews; Zionism; Judaism


THE HARP OF ZION, by JAMES WILLIS    Poem Text                    
First Line: The harp of zion sleepeth
Last Line: The wanderer to restore!
Subject(s): Galilee, Palestine; Jews; Nations; Zionism; Judaism


THE JEWS WEEPING IN JERUSALEM, by JAMES WALLIS EASTBURN    Poem Text                    
First Line: Why, trembling and sad, dost thou stand there
Last Line: And sorrow and sighing shall vanish away.
Subject(s): Jerusalem; Jews; Pain; Zionism; Judaism; Suffering; Misery


THE LATTER DAY, by THOMAS HASTINGS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Hail to the brightness of zion's glad morning
Last Line: Shouts of salvation are rending the sky!
Variant Title(s): Missionary Success
Subject(s): Jews; Missionaries & Missions; Zionism; Judaism


THE POET'S SPIRIT, by JOSEPH FITZPATRICK    Poem Text                    
First Line: No dirge or solemn bell
Last Line: Jehovah's living fire.
Subject(s): Israel; Jews; Nations; Poetry & Poets; Zionism; Judaism


THE PROMISED LAND, by JESSIE E. SAMPTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O little land of lapping seas
Last Line: Sound peace upon his hill.
Subject(s): God; Jews; Nations; Peace; Zionism; Judaism


THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL, by JAMES MONTGOMERY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Daughter of zion, from the dust
Last Line: And everlasting joy.
Alternate Author Name(s): The Common Lot
Subject(s): Israel; Jews; Zionism; Judaism


THE RETURN, by R. E. I.    Poem Text                    
First Line: Wide open, ye doors, and raise up high, o gate
Last Line: Rejoicing as bridegroom that greeteth his bride.
Subject(s): Flags; Israel; Jews; Nations; Zionism; Judaism


THE SHOSHANAH, by GEORGE E. CHODOWSKY    Poem Text                    
First Line: A lily lies broken and bare on a highway
Last Line: "in zion to flourish again."
Subject(s): Jews; Jews - Women; Mourning; Zionism; Judaism; Bereavement


THE WAILING PLACE IN JERUSALEM, by LOUIS FEDERLEICHT    Poem Text                    
First Line: With heads bowed down, they stand with streaming / eyes
Last Line: Or carmel's vines look on the midland seas.
Subject(s): Israel; Jews; Nations; Zionism; Judaism


THEODORE HERZL, by FELIX NAPOLEON GERSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Such men are rare-they tow'r above mankind
Last Line: A dream like thy god unto moses sent.
Subject(s): Herzl, Theodore (1860-1904); Jews; Zionism; Judaism


THEODORE HERZL, by HARRY MYERS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Peace! No tear for him who sleepeth near
Last Line: Israel lives anew!
Subject(s): Herzl, Theodore (1860-1904); Jerusalem; Jews; Peace; Zionism; Judaism


THEODORE HERZL, by ISRAEL ZANGWILL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Farewell, o prince, farewell, o sorely tried!
Last Line: "next year,"" we cry, ""next year, jerusalem."
Subject(s): Death; Herzl, Theodore (1860-1904); Israel; Jews; Zionism; Dead, The; Judaism


TIS TO THE EAST, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
Last Line: Will guide his people home
Subject(s): Hebrew Language;israel;jews;zionism; Judaism


TO THE GLORY OF JERUSALEM, by YEHUDA HALEVI    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Beautiful height! O joy! The whole world's
Last Line: Than honey—the earth of thee?
Alternate Author Name(s): Halevi, Judah; Judah Ha-levi; Abu Al-hasan
Subject(s): Cities; Jerusalem; Jews; Zionism; Urban Life; Judaism


TO THEODORE HERZL, by GUSTAV GOTTHEIL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Who called thee to such holy high estate?
Last Line: To struggle for the newly dawning life.
Subject(s): Herzl, Theodore (1860-1904); Jews; Zionism; Judaism


TO ZION, by M. B. S.    Poem Text                    
First Line: O people long oppressed and stricken sore
Last Line: O judah, tarry not! Israel arise.
Subject(s): Israel; Jews; Zionism; Judaism


WANDERING, by SAMUEL ROTH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Little man of sorrows, whither would you wander?
Last Line: "I am going to the country where my fathers ruled of old."
Subject(s): Cities; Grief; Homecoming; Jews; Zionism; Urban Life; Sorrow; Sadness; Judaism


ZION, by LOUIS FEDERLEICHT    Poem Text                    
First Line: On lovely dwellings fall the fervid rays
Last Line: All over olivet the morning breaks.
Subject(s): Israel; Jews; Nations; Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Zionism; Judaism


ZION, by EUGENE KOHN    Poem Text                    
First Line: Land of the cedar and palm
Last Line: In god's time we shall come to thee.
Subject(s): Exiles; Jews; Peace; Praise; Zionism; Judaism


ZION'S UNIVERSAL TEMPLE, by HARRY WEISS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Under the orient skies of sapphire where the sun
Last Line: Echo shall forevermore.
Subject(s): God; Jews; Temples; Zionism; Judaism; Mosques


ZIONISM, by MIRIAM BLAUSTEIN    Poem Text                    
First Line: O star of hope! O blessed star!
Last Line: Be thou to israel far and near.
Subject(s): Israel; Jews; Zionism; Judaism


ZIONISM, by HERBERT N. CARSON    Poem Text                    
First Line: The story that herzl told was true
Last Line: For the dream of the strong comes true.
Subject(s): Flags; Israel; Jews; Nations; Zionism; Judaism


ZIONISM, by HERBERT N. CASSON    Poem Source                    
First Line: The story that herzl told was true
Subject(s): Herzl, Theodore (1860-1904); Zionism


ZIONISM, by JOSEPH LEISER    Poem Text                    
First Line: The dreamers are not dead in israel
Last Line: And dawn breaks o'er an orphaned palestine.
Subject(s): Israel; Jews; Zionism; Judaism


ZIONISM, by SAMUEL ROTH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I am come with the dawn on the swift wings of light
Last Line: From the land of the shadow of death!
Subject(s): Jews; Zionism; Judaism


ZIONIST MARCHING SONG, by NAPHTALI HERZ IMBER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Like the crash of the thunder
Last Line: In jordan now set we our watch.
Alternate Author Name(s): Imber, Naftali Herts
Subject(s): Israel; Jews; Zionism; Judaism