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RABBI BENAIAH
Where are the jewels? I will send them back
Ere yet the sun upon his course may start!
Ere yet the sun upon his course may start!
"Show me the jewels!" Up she rose as white
As any ghost, and mutely led the way
Into the turret-chamber whence the ray
Seen from afar had blessed the rabbi's sight.
As any ghost, and mutely led the way
Into the turret-chamber whence the ray
Seen from afar had blessed the rabbi's sight.
Then with slow, trembling hands she drew aside
The silken curtain from before the bed
Whereon, in snowy calm, their boys lay dead.
"There are the jewels, O, my lord!" she cried.
The silken curtain from before the bed
Whereon, in snowy calm, their boys lay dead.
"There are the jewels, O, my lord!" she cried.
