{"collection":"Judaism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/jud/sig/sig32.htm","path":"jud/sig/sig32.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/jud/sig/sig32.htm","text":"Selected Religious Poems of Solomon ibn Gabirol, tr. by Israel Zangwill, [1923]\nThe seeker of good shall acceptance find\n \u00a0\u00a0From the God whose glory is boundless,\n If he turn unto Him with repentant mind,\n And sackcloth on both of his shoulders bind\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0By way of memorial.\nSo come and return to our God on high\n \u00a0\u00a0Who fashioned the uttermost heavens,\n Let your songs of praise to His footstool fly\n And thank Him to-night in a choral cry\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0By way of memorial.\nO King of the Kingdom that hails Thy name\n \u00a0\u00a0Since first to the void Thou spakest,\n Evoking the light that from darkness came,\n Accept this plea to expunge my shame\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0As rite of memorial.\nPrepare, O Israel, to meet Thy God,\n \u00a0\u00a0Let every man seek to find ransom,\n Remove the evil at which ye nod,\n Cleanse ye and wash ye or dread His rod\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This day of memorial.","title":"Selected Religious Poems of Solomon ibn Gabirol: 29. For ...","type":"page"}