{"collection":"Judaism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/jud/sig/sig06.htm","path":"jud/sig/sig06.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/jud/sig/sig06.htm","text":"Selected Religious Poems of Solomon ibn Gabirol, tr. by Israel Zangwill, [1923]\nLord, tell me when\n Shall come to men\n Messiah blest,\n When shall Thy care\n His couch prepare\n To be my guest,\n To sleep on my golden bed,\n \u00a0\u00a0in my palace rest.\nWake, dear gazelle,\n Shake off thy spell,\n Nor slumber still.\n Dawn like a flag\n Surmounts the crag\n Of Tabor\u2019s hill,\n And its flame it unfurls o\u2019er my\n \u00a0\u00a0Hermon, the hoar and chill.\nFrom the wild-ass brood\n To the grace renewed\n Of Thy dainty roe,\n O Lord, return,\n For behold we yearn\n Our love to show,\n And our soul with Thy soul at\n \u00a0\u00a0one as of yore to know.\nThrice welcome he\n Who comes to me\n Of David\u2019s line,\n My palace treasure\n Is at his pleasure\n With all that\u2019s mine,\n My pomegranate, cinnamon, spice, and\n \u00a0\u00a0the jars of my old sweet wine.","title":"Selected Religious Poems of Solomon ibn Gabirol: 3. The M...","type":"page"}