Illustration by Joseph Lee from 'Work-a-day Warriors' by Joseph Lee, published in 1917
"THAT GRIM CASTLE IN THAT ANCIENT TOWN"
"IN ALEPPO ONCE"
And say besides, that in Aleppo once,Where a malignant and a turban'd TurkBeat a Venetian and traduced the State,I took by the throat the circumcised dog,And smote him thus—and thus.OTHELLO.
How should it come to pass that on this pageO'er which I pore by this pale candle light,There should appear this creature of affright—The unnamed victim of Othello's rage?He drags himself as 'twere upon the stage,And glares with eyes that are not things of sight;And beckons to behold his piteous plight,The gouts of blood no unguent can assuage.Beneath the battlements I see him lie,Of that grim castle in that ancient town,And all his wounds are mouths that seem to cryTo bring the vengeance of Almighty down―How should it come to pass he points at me?Alas!How should it come to pass? How should it come to pass?
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