Isaac Leib Peretz (1852–1915) Yiddish language author and playwright
"I Am a Rainworm", 1900, translated by J. Robbins, (J. Leftwich. Golden Peacock. Sci-Art, 1939, p. 83).
“Sometimes I fly like an eagle but with the wings of a wren”
Source: The Complete Poems
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