Samuel was a scholar, poet and novelist. His father was Abraham E. Gordon, Precentor of the Great Synagogue, Duke's Place, London. Samuel (Hebrew: Shmuel) was born 10 September 1871 at Buk, Posen, Prussia, graduated from Queen's College, Cambridge in 1893, and travelled extensively. As a novelist, he dealt chiefly with scenes and incidents from Russo-Jewish life. Samuel died Jan. 11, 1927, age 40, at Bergholt Crescent, Stoke Newington, Borough of Hackney, London. (British Museum Catalogue Suppl.; The Times, Jan. 12, 1927).
An excerpt one of his poems is quoted on his daughter Phyllis' gravestone: ".... Healing all wounds though late. Life that is life indeed." His poem is inscribed on his gravestone as:
Strength, chasing the distant mark.
Toll, tracing in ashes the spark.
Hope, facing the dawn through the dark.
Life. - that is life in the bloom.
Peace, feeling nor love nor hate.
Sleep, stealing the malice from fate.
Death, healing all wounds though late.
Life. - that is life indeed.
An excerpt one of his poems is quoted on his daughter Phyllis' gravestone: ".... Healing all wounds though late. Life that is life indeed." His poem is inscribed on his gravestone as:
Strength, chasing the distant mark.
Toll, tracing in ashes the spark.
Hope, facing the dawn through the dark.
Life. - that is life in the bloom.
Peace, feeling nor love nor hate.
Sleep, stealing the malice from fate.
Death, healing all wounds though late.
Life. - that is life indeed.
Samuel was a scholar, poet and novelist. His father was Abraham E. Gordon, Precentor of the Great Synagogue, Duke's Place, London. Samuel (Hebrew: Shmuel) was born 10 September 1871 at Buk, Posen, Prussia, graduated from Queen's College, Cambridge in 1893, and travelled extensively. As a novelist, he dealt chiefly with scenes and incidents from Russo-Jewish life. Samuel died Jan. 11, 1927, age 40, at Bergholt Crescent, Stoke Newington, Borough of Hackney, London. (British Museum Catalogue Suppl.; The Times, Jan. 12, 1927).
An excerpt one of his poems is quoted on his daughter Phyllis' gravestone: ".... Healing all wounds though late. Life that is life indeed." His poem is inscribed on his gravestone as:
Strength, chasing the distant mark.
Toll, tracing in ashes the spark.
Hope, facing the dawn through the dark.
Life. - that is life in the bloom.
Peace, feeling nor love nor hate.
Sleep, stealing the malice from fate.
Death, healing all wounds though late.
Life. - that is life indeed.
An excerpt one of his poems is quoted on his daughter Phyllis' gravestone: ".... Healing all wounds though late. Life that is life indeed." His poem is inscribed on his gravestone as:
Strength, chasing the distant mark.
Toll, tracing in ashes the spark.
Hope, facing the dawn through the dark.
Life. - that is life in the bloom.
Peace, feeling nor love nor hate.
Sleep, stealing the malice from fate.
Death, healing all wounds though late.
Life. - that is life indeed.
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