The Past, Present, and Future In Prose and Poetry. |
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VI. HAMAN.
A monarch sat on Persia's throne—
Whose sceptre sway'd the world alone—
In royal state;
None dar'd his sovereign will dispute;
Around him stood his vassals mute,—
For he was great.
Whose sceptre sway'd the world alone—
In royal state;
None dar'd his sovereign will dispute;
Around him stood his vassals mute,—
For he was great.
Throughout the whole of Persia's land
One only dar'd approach the hand
Of royalty.
Haman! the chieftain of that king—
Whose heart conceiv'd a wicked thing
'Gainst Mordecai.
One only dar'd approach the hand
Of royalty.
Haman! the chieftain of that king—
Whose heart conceiv'd a wicked thing
'Gainst Mordecai.
He issued, first, a firm decree,
That all should worship when they'd see
His image rise.
But Mordecai, the righteous Jew,
Refus'd, as ev'ry one should do,
To his surprise!
That all should worship when they'd see
His image rise.
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Refus'd, as ev'ry one should do,
To his surprise!
At length a gallows high he swung,
Upon which all were to be hung,
As he did vow.
But as he rode, in royal state,
Sat Mordecai at the gate,
And would not bow.
Upon which all were to be hung,
As he did vow.
But as he rode, in royal state,
Sat Mordecai at the gate,
And would not bow.
For this his wrath was kindled sore,
And at the banquet loud he swore
He'd hang the Jews.
But Esther said,—“Before the king
I'll go, and stop this wicked thing,
If he refuse.”
And at the banquet loud he swore
He'd hang the Jews.
But Esther said,—“Before the king
I'll go, and stop this wicked thing,
If he refuse.”
The king receiv'd Queen Esther's plea,
Releas'd the Jews immediately,
And Haman hung!
Thus on the gallows, high and new,
He'd built for Mordecai, the Jew,
Himself was swung.
Releas'd the Jews immediately,
And Haman hung!
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He'd built for Mordecai, the Jew,
Himself was swung.
How many thousands, since that day,
Have built a gallows, so that they
Some one could hang!
But, to their horror and surprise,
They've found, with all their deep disguise,
Themselves have swang.
Have built a gallows, so that they
Some one could hang!
But, to their horror and surprise,
They've found, with all their deep disguise,
Themselves have swang.
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