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TO MR. FORBES-ROBERTSON: 19. THE LOWLY JEW, by                    
First Line: So many of the noblest men I've known
Last Line: Who gave his life for all, was of this race.
Subject(s): Jews; Judaism


So many of the noblest men I've known
Whom I have loved, were Jews, by all revered,
Men in whose simplest actions have been shown
To live in truth the faith in which they're reared;
Whose ancestors were richly blest by God,
Who were by Abraham and Moses led,
Who o'er that beauty-land of promise trod,
Who were by Heaven's bounteous manna fed.

Theirs is a race so rich in deed and name,
That I, poor scribbler of this verse, would say
That oft I hang and hide my head in shame
To think that some their ignorance display,
And, since the world condemns, reviles and scorns,
Have persecuted, drove from place to place,
The lowly Jew.—And He Who wore the thorns,
Who gave His life for all, was of this race.





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