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Invocation.

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I. She walks in beauty

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II. The harp the monarch minstrel swept

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III. If that high world

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IV. The wild gazelle .
V. Oh! weep for those
VI. On Jordans banks

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VII. Jephtha's daughter

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VIII. Oh! snatch'd away in beauty's bloom

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IX. My soul is dark.

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X. I saw thee weep.
XI. Thy days are done

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XII. Song of Saul before his last battle
XIII. Saul

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XIV. “All is vanity, saith the Preacher”

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XV. When coldness wraps this suffering clay .

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XVI. Vision of Belshazzar .

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XVII. Sun of the sleepless!

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XVIII. Were my bosom as false as thou deem'st it to be 34
XIX. Herod's lament for Mariamne.
XX. On the day of the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus . 38
XXI. By the rivers of Babylon we sate down and wept . 40
XXII. The destruction of Sennacherib

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XXIII. A Spirit pass'd before me

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תִּכֶן הַשִׁירִים.

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שְׁאֵלָתִי וּבַקָּשָׁתִי
.I שׁוּלַמִּית
.II כִּנּוֹר דָּוִד
.III ארצות החיים
.IV עַל־אַדְמַת נֵכָר
.V בְּכוּ בָכוֹ לַהלֵךְ
.VI עוּרָה אֱלֹהִים עֶצֶךָ!
.VII בַּת־יִפְתָּח בְּטֶרֶם תּוּמָת
.VIII עַל־יַד הַכָּבֵר
.IX שָׁאוּל אֶל־הַמְגַבֵּן
.X בְּכִי וּשְׂחוֹק
.XI מוֹת גִבּוֹרִים
.XII שָׁאוּל בְּצֵאתוֹ לְמִלְחַמְתּו האחרו
.XIII שָׁאוּל בְּהַעֲלוֹתוֹ אֶת־שְׁמוּאֵל
.XIV הַכּל הֶבֶל אָמַר הַפּוֹהֶלֶת

.XV חַיֵי עוֹלָם
.XVI מַחֲזֶה בִלְשַׁאצַּר
.XVII לְנֹגה הַיָּרֵחַ
.XVIII לֶאֱדוֹם
.XIX קִיעַת הוֹרְדוֹס בְּהַרג מְרָיִם אַשתּוֹ עַל־פָּיו

.Xx בְּיוֹם הֲרִיסות יְרוּשָׁלַיִם עַל־יְדֵי מִיטוּס .XXI עַל־נַהֲרוֹת בָּבֶל .XXII תְּבוּסַת סַנְחֵרִיב .XXIII חֲזוֹן אֱלִיפַז התֵּימָנִי

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שִׁירֵי שְׂפַת־עֵבֶר

HEBREW POEMS

(WITH VOWEL POINTS)

OF

DR. S. MANDELKERN

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These poems have been most favorably reviewed by the press both for their contents and purity of biblical language. They are also to be recommended to Universities for exercises in reading Hebrew.