Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.
By George Vaux BaconJew
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Stamped with the Orient still;
In many a country nameless—
In every land a Will.
Self, and the Power of Gold.
He thinks—the World is busy;
They bargain—he has sold!
Where the World’s wide commerce plies—
Master of infinite Patience,
Slandered by infinite Lies!
Tartar at Novgorod,
Black-eyed Arab horseman
Zulu chief unshod—
And promise with oaths not new;
All turn, with the danger fading,
And sneer at the lender—“Jew!”