Here you will find the Poem A young Levite among priests of poet Osip Emilevich Mandelstam
A young Levite among priests, He remained long on morning watch. Jewish night grew thick around him, The ruined temple was solemnly being raised. He said: the yellow of the skies is alarming. Run, priests, for night is already over the Euphrates! But the elders thought: this is not our fault; Behold the black and yellow light, the joy, the Jews. He was with us when, on the stream's shore, We swaddled the sabbath in precious linen With a heavy menorah lit the night of Jerusalem, The heady fumes of non-existence.
