{"collection":"Judaism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/jud/sig/sig19.htm","path":"jud/sig/sig19.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/jud/sig/sig19.htm","text":"Selected Religious Poems of Solomon ibn Gabirol, tr. by Israel Zangwill, [1923]\nLike a bridegroom the sun\n Dons his robe that is spun\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Of light,\n Which from Thee emanated\n Yet in no wise abated\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Thy light.\nTaught to go westward round\n With obeisance profound\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0To his Lord,\n He by service so loyal\n To a master so royal\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Is a lord.\nWhile his homage each day\n Serves to mark and display\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Thy glory,\n \u2019Tis Thy hand that investeth\n The robe on which resteth\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0His glory.","title":"Selected Religious Poems of Solomon ibn Gabirol: 19. The Sun","type":"page"}