The Eternal Riddle By Philip M. Raskin! The poem by means of Philip Max Raskin used to be posted as a section of the book, “Songs of a Jew” in 1914 in London. It celebrates the resiliency of the Jewish People who in the course of their history have been persecuted and but they have persevered.
The Eternal Riddle
Israel, my people,
God’s greatest riddle,
Will thy solution
Ever be toldFought – never conquered,
Bent – never broken,
Mortal – immortal,
Youthful, though old.Egypt enslaved thee,
Babylon crushed thee,
Rome led thee captive,
Homeless thy head.Where are those nations
Mighty and fearsome
Thou hast survived them,
They are long dead.Nations keep coming,
Nations keep going,
Passing like shadows,
Wiped off the earth.Thou an eternal
Witness remainest,
Watching their burial,
Watching their birth.Pray, who revealed thee
Heaven’s great secret :
Death and destruction,
Thus to defySuffering torture,
Stake, inquisition –
Prithee, who taught thee
Never to dieAy, and who gave thee
Faith, deep as ocean,
Strong as the rock-hills,
Fierce as the sunHated and hunted,
Ever thou wand’rest,
Bearing a message :
God is but one !Pray, has thy saga
Likewise an ending,
As its beginning
Glorious of oldIsrael, my people,
God’s greatest riddle,
Will thy solution
Ever be told
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