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papers and magazines. His first published poem, "Me-Ḥezyonot Bat 'Ammi" ("From the
Visions of the Daughter of My People", 1884–1898), garnered him a place in the foremost rank of Hebrew poets. His poem, "David Melekh Yisrael Ḥay ve-Kayam" ("David, King of Israel Still Lives", 1884) is considered the
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grieves for her sons as she walks up from her grave toward a silent
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Constantin (1911). Fichman, Ya'akov (ed.).
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education. Among his teachers was the Hebrew writer
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