The following lines appear in Lights of Penitence, under Poems, pp. 379 and 380:

Expanses, expanses,
Expanses divine my soul craves.
Confine me not in cages,
Of substance or of spirit.
My soul soars the expanses of the heavens,
Walls of heart and walls of deed
Will not contain it.
Morality, logic, custom —
My soul soars above these,
I am bound to the world,
All creatures, all people are my friends,
Many parts of my soul
Are intertwined with them,
But how can I share with them my light?

1924 CE:  BIALIK

Tel Aviv: Bialik moves his Berlin publishing house, Dvir, from Germany to Tel Aviv.  He then devotes himself to cultural activities and public affairs, including delivering the address that marked the opening of Hebrew University.

Hayyim Nahman Bialik (1873–1934) was born in the Ukraine, Russia, He was a Jewish poet who wrote in Ashkenazi Hebrew. To this day he is recognized as “Israel’s National Poet.”

Known for long, nationalistic poems, Bialik leaves a legacy as a poet, journalist, children’s writer, and translator. Every step of the way he was “ahead of his time.”