Punch. Russia and the Jews. Friedlander, Joseph, comp. 1917. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse

Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.

Russia and the Jews

By Punch


O MUSCOVITE, blind is your wrath, with
Your heel on the Israelite’s neck,
And your hand on that baleful old blade,
Persecution, ’twere wisdom to reck.
The Pharaoh’s calm warning, Beware!	5
Lo, the Pyramids pierce that grey gloom
Of a desert that is but a waste, by a river
That is but a tomb,
Yet the Hebrew abides and is strong.