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Morris Rosenfeld

Written today, and read today,
And stale the news tomorrow!—
Upon the sands I build… I play!
I play, and weep in sorrow:
“Ah God, dear God! to find cessation
From this soul-crushing occupation!
If but one year ere Thou dost call me Thither,
Lord, at this blighting task let me not wither.”

Translated by Rose Pastor Stokes and Helena Frank

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From Songs of Labor and Other Poems

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