Rabbi Ben Ezra

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Then, welcome each rebuff That turns earth''s smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand but go I Be our joys three-parts pain Strive, and hold cheap the strain Learn, nor account the pang dare, never grudge the throe Page 5 Fromm! For thence, — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks, Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail What I aspired to be, And was not, comforts me A brute I might have been, but would not sink 1 the scale.