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When, through God’s guiding grace,
The prophet Joshua and the Hebrews
Encamped before the town of Jericho,
Besieging it from every side,
They…
Contributor:
Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz, ‘Imrānī
Places:
Isfahan, Ottoman Empire
(Isfahan, Iran)
Date:
Early 16th Century
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In my cottage was I one day merrily
Despite the Fortune full of treachery.
“What are you doing?” Providence asked me.
“Why are you obsessed only with this life?
You must also know of the…
Contributor:
Yuāsuf Yahuādīā
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(Bukhara, Uzbekistan)
Date:
1749
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Jeremiah:Not now the time for beginnings. The end draws nigh.
The Mother:It is time! It is time! Long since have you grown to manhood. The house has need of a wife, and of children to raise up seed…
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Stefan Zweig
Places:
Vienna, Austro-HungarianEmpire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1917
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Wake, Israel, wake! Recall to-day
The glorious Maccabean rage,
The sire heroic, hoary-gray,
His five-fold lion-lineage:
The Wise, the Elect, the Help-of-God,
The Burst-of-Spring, the…
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Emma Lazarus
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1882
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. . . And in darkness of night, without dagger or bow,
On a light steed King Saul arrives at ‘Ein Dor.
And in one of the houses a dark light appears,
The squire softly…
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Saul Tschernikovsky
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire
(Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1893