Light The Festive Candles

Light the first of eight tonight—

the farthest candle to the right.

Light the first and second, too,

when tomorrow’s day is through.

Then light three, and then light four—

every dusk one candle more

Till all eight burn bright and high,

honoring a day gone by

When the Temple was restored,

rescued from the Syrian lord,

And an eight-day feast proclaimed—

The Festival of Lights—well named

To celebrate the joyous day

when we regained the right to pray

to our one God in our own way.

A few random poems:

External links

Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus

Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh

Sweeney among the Nightingales by T. S. Eliot by Thomas Stearns Eliot (TS Eliot)
Rhapsody on a Windy Night by T. S. Eliot by Thomas Stearns Eliot (TS Eliot)
Preludes by T. S. Eliot by Thomas Stearns Eliot (TS Eliot)
Portrait of a Lady by T. S. Eliot by Thomas Stearns Eliot (TS Eliot)
Old Deuteronomy by T. S. Eliot by Thomas Stearns Eliot (TS Eliot)
Mungojerrie And Rumpelteazer by T. S. Eliot by Thomas Stearns Eliot (TS Eliot)
Mr. Mistoffelees by T. S. Eliot by Thomas Stearns Eliot (TS Eliot)
Mr. Eliot’s Sunday Morning Service by T. S. Eliot by Thomas Stearns Eliot (TS Eliot)
Mr. Apollinax by T. S. Eliot by Thomas Stearns Eliot (TS Eliot)
Morning at the Window by T. S. Eliot by Thomas Stearns Eliot (TS Eliot)
Mr. Apollinax by T. S. Eliot by Thomas Stearns Eliot (TS Eliot)
Morning at the Window by T. S. Eliot by Thomas Stearns Eliot (TS Eliot)
Lune de Miel by T. S. Eliot by Thomas Stearns Eliot (TS Eliot)
Le Directeur by T. S. Eliot by Thomas Stearns Eliot (TS Eliot)
La Figlia che Piange by T. S. Eliot by Thomas Stearns Eliot (TS Eliot)
Journey Of The Magi by T. S. Eliot by Thomas Stearns Eliot (TS Eliot)
Hysteria by T. S. Eliot by Thomas Stearns Eliot (TS Eliot)
Gus: The Theatre Cat by T. S. Eliot by Thomas Stearns Eliot (TS Eliot)
Growltiger’s Last Stand by T. S. Eliot by Thomas Stearns Eliot (TS Eliot)
Gerontion by T. S. Eliot by Thomas Stearns Eliot (TS Eliot)

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Doska or the Board – write anything

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