Light the Festive Candles

(FOR HANUKKAH) Light the first of eight tonight— the farthest candle to the right. Light the first and second, too, when tomorrow's day is through. Then light three, and then light four— every dusk one candle more Till all eight burn bright and high, honoring a day gone by When the Temple was restored, rescued from the Syrian lord, And an eight-day feast proclaimed— The Festival of Lights—well named To celebrate the joyous day when we regained the right to pray to our one God in our own way.