1910 · CLOSE READING
The Winged Beetle
The Winged Beetle (1910), PDF p. 158
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THE JEW OF FEZ
His bullied servants overheard
This wicked renegado-word.
Four soldiers dragged the Jew away
To prison on that very day.
The Cadi and the Caid wept ;
They thought a promise should be kept.
Be calm (said they) and do not strive !
We think of burning you alive.
Shame ! said the wretch. Tis cruel to
Burn me because I am a Jew !
The wise old Cadi wagged his head.
I do not see a Jew, he said.
This clear distinction must be made.
We only burn a renegade.
The fire they burnt Abdullah at
Went merrily ; for he was fat.
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