“Jew”

SILENT and wise and changeless,

Stamped with the Orient still;

In many a country nameless—

In every land a Will.

Master of two things is he,

Self, and the Power of Gold.

He thinks—the World is busy;

They bargain—he has sold!

Lord of the Marts of Nations

Where the World’s wide commerce plies—

Master of infinite Patience,

Slandered by infinite Lies!

Towering, fair-haired Norseman,

Tartar at Novgorod,

Black-eyed Arab horseman

Zulu chief unshod—

All borrow for War or trading

And promise with oaths not new;

All turn, with the danger fading,

And sneer at the lender—“Jew!”