Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968).
The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915. | | | | The Image in the Forum |
By Robert Buchanan |
(English novelist and dramatist, 1814–1901) |
| | | NOT Baal, but Christus-Jingo! Heir | |
| Of him who once was crucified! | |
| The red stigmata still are there, | |
| The crimson spear-wounds in the side; | |
| But raised aloft as God and Lord, | 5 |
| He holds the Money-bag and Sword. | |
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| See, underneath the Crown of Thorn, | |
| The eye-balls fierce, the features grim! | |
| And merrily from night to morn | |
| We chaunt his praise and worship him | 10 |
| Great Christus-Jingo, at whose feet | |
| Christian and Jew and Atheist meet! | |
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| A wondrous god! most fit for those | |
| Who cheat on ’Change, then creep to prayer; | |
| Blood on his heavenly altar flows, | 15 |
| Hell’s burning incense fills the air, | |
| And Death attests in street and lane | |
| The hideous glory of his reign. | |
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| O gentle Jew, from age to age | |
| Walking the waves thou could’st not tame, | 20 |
| This god hath ta’en thy heritage, | |
| And stolen thy sweet and stainless Name! | |
| To him we crawl and bend the knee, | |
| Naming thy Name, but scorning Thee! | | | | |
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