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By Emma Lazarus

By Emma Lazarus



in Two Volumes

VOL. II.


Jewish Poems: Translation





TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: As a convenience to the reader I have included in this volume the biographical sketch of Emma Lazarus which originally appeared only in Vol. I. of these works. Further, the sketch contains references to passages contained in this volume.—D.L.





CONTENTS


EMMA LAZARUS. (Written for "The Century Magazine")


THE NEW YEAR.

THE CROWING OF THE RED COCK.

IN EXILE.

IN MEMORIAM—REV. J. J. LYONS.

THE VALLEY OF BACA.

THE BANNER OF THE JEW.

THE GUARDIAN OF THE RED DISK.

THE NEW EZEKIEL.

THE CHOICE.

THE WORLD'S JUSTICE.

THE SUPREME SACRIFICE.

THE FEAST OF LIGHTS.

GIFTS.

BAR KOCHBA.

THE BIRTH OF MAN.

RASCHI IN PRAGUE.

THE DEATH OF RASCHI.

AN EPISTLE.

BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON.

TO CARMEN SYLVA.


THE DANCE TO DEATH

THE PERSONS.

ACT I.—In Nordhausen.

ACT II.—At Eisenach.

ACT III.

ACT IV.

ACT V.


TRANSLATIONS FROM THE HEBREW POETS OF MEDAEVAL SPAIN.

TO A DETRACTOR.

FRAGMENT.

STANZAS.

WINE AND GRIEF.

MOSES BEN ESRA (About 1100).

IN THE NIGHT.

FROM THE "DIVAN."

LOVE SONG OF ALCHARISI.

NACHUM.

A TRANSLATION AND TWO IMITATIONS.

TRANSLATIONS FROM PETRARCH.

IN MORTE. II. ON THE DEATH OF CARDINAL

TRANSLATIONS FROM ALFRED DE MUSSET.

NOTES TO "EPISTLE" OF JOSHUA IBN VIVES OF ALLORQUI.





Publisher's note: Thanks are due to the Editors of "The Century," Lippincott's Magazine, and "The Critic," for their courtesy in allowing the poems published by them to be reprinted in these pages.





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