One other striking merit of _Ha-Tikwah_ must be observed. Unlike many other poets of Zion, Imber does not denounce. He makes no attack on those who do not share his feelings. He points to the continued existence of the hope for the return, but he refrains from condemning, except by the merest implication, those who have no consciousness of the hope. There is true art here, which I am able to appreciate, far removed as I am from Imber’s nationalism. For, on the one hand, art is best when it pleases some without paining others. Imber pleases those who agree with him without paining the rest. On the other hand, art is strongest when it does not recognize that there are others to be displeased. The confident note is the artistic note. The poet assumes that what he feels is the only thing to feel. To talk of doubters is to throw doubt on himself. A popular song cannot stoop to argument. It is categorical. Thus Imber’s _Ha-Tikwah_ can be enjoyed by those who do not accept its message. And its melody is sung at table, to Psalm 126, by some who never sing the tune to Imber’s words. “When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like unto them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with exultation; then said they among the nations: The Lord hath done great things for them.” Psalm 126, when all is said and done, is the most exquisite Song of the Return ever written. “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.” We can all realize the pathos and the hope, even though we are not at one as to the nature of the harvest that is to be reaped. INDEX Abarbanel, 53. Aben Ezra, 176; _see also_ Abraham Ibn Ezra. Aboab, Isaac, 102, 107. Abraham Ibn Ezra, 66, 261, 269; _see also_ Aben Ezra. Acosta, Uriel, 240-246. Addison, Joseph, 153, 236, 237. Addison, Lancelot, 153-159. Adler, H., 288. Adler, Michael, 228, 270. Adler, Nathan M., 288, 335. Æsop’s Fables, 18, 22, 35, 84. Aguilar, Grace, 247-253. Ahad ha-‘Am, 185, 289. Ahikar, the story of, 17-23. Al-Fasi, 63. _Alfieri and Salomon_, by Landor, 260-266. Al-Harizi, 79, 81. Allenby, General, 328. Allingham, William, 82. Alnaqua, Israel, 102, 103. Anti-Maimonists, 85. Apion, Josephus against, 32-38. _Arabian Nights_, 18. Archagathos, 43, 44. Aristeas, Letter of, 116, 117, 119, 120. Aristobulus, Jewish Hellenist, 44. Aristotle, 78, 79. Arnold, Edwin, 233. Arnold, Matthew, 32, 42, 207. Artom’s Sermons, 297-302. _Aruk_, the, by Nathan of Rome, 60-66. Ass-worship, libel of, 34. Auerbach, Berthold, 242. Baedeker’s, Handbook for Palestine, 353-358. Bandmann, A., 240. Bar Abun, Solomon, 97-101. Bar Hisdai’s _Prince and Dervish_, 84-90. Baratier, 270. Barb, Issac, 304. Barbary Jews, Lancelot Addison on the, 153-159. Barlaam and Josaphat, romance of, 88, 89. Belinson, 291.