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Here I begin; listen to me, great and small.
Once there was a mighty king—as in the stories begun by girls. His peer in virtue was not to be found. He had a land that was stately indeed. He…
Contributor:
Elye Bokher
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1508/9
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How could the wise of heart envisage the final outcome of the matter,
Seeing that, when he was just a quarter of a year old, they placed him in the bulrushes?
None has arisen like him amongst the…
Contributor:
Naphtali Herts Wessely
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1789–1802
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And I didn’t have time.
Now it is certain
I didn’t have time.
Half my life.
It is now allowed
To be silent.
My shadows grow
With the stride of the sun.
I am the man
Who didn’t have time.
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Haim Gouri
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1958
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I have a friend, a teacher, with shaggy hair black as pitch.
He has a child (his wife is still a child too)
and when he comes home, difficult and gloomy,
she runs to meet him, like a quivering wave:…
Contributor:
Chaim Grade
Places:
Vilna, Republic of Lithuania (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1937