Poems by Judah Ha-Levi

Back, my soul, into thy nest;
Earth is not for thee;
Still in heaven find thy nest;
There...

The sun and moon unchanging do obey
The laws that never cease or night or day.
Appointed signs ...

My heart is in the East, tho' in the West I live,
The sweet of human life no happiness can giv...

Oh! City of world, most chastely fair;
In the far west, behold I sigh for thee.
And in my ye...

With all my heart, in truth, and passion strong,
I love Thee; both in solitude and throng
Th...

And so we twain must part! Oh linger yet,
And let me still feed my glance upon thine eyes.
For...

Art thou not hungry for thy children, Zion, --
Thy sons far-scattered through an alien world?
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