| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | “Jew” | | By George Vaux Bacon |
| | | SILENT and wise and changeless, | |
| Stamped with the Orient still; | |
| In many a country nameless— | |
| In every land a Will. | |
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| Master of two things is he, | 5 |
| Self, and the Power of Gold. | |
| He thinks—the World is busy; | |
| They bargain—he has sold! | |
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| Lord of the Marts of Nations | |
| Where the World’s wide commerce plies— | 10 |
| Master of infinite Patience, | |
| Slandered by infinite Lies! | |
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| Towering, fair-haired Norseman, | |
| Tartar at Novgorod, | |
| Black-eyed Arab horseman | 15 |
| Zulu chief unshod— | |
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| All borrow for War or trading | |
| And promise with oaths not new; | |
| All turn, with the danger fading, | |
| And sneer at the lender—“Jew!” | 20 | | | |
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