| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | “The Age of Toleration” | | By Arthur Upton |
| | | WHAT this “the age of toleration”—Yet | |
| ’Tis well so named for you that wield Earth’s state: | |
| ’Tis a vast, bloody show ye tolerate, | |
| Mute mouths, glazed eyes, round Hate’s arena set! | |
| Behold your “Christian” robes all dabbled wet, | 5 |
| With human crimson, stains which to abate | |
| No throat thrills out—(though soft ye come, too late | |
| With bootless gold and maudlin, vain regret!) | |
| Comes this of Fear, great Nations? Can it be | |
| None dares the dripping monster’s bloodshot eye? | 10 |
| Not pious Germany, not ransomed Gaul, | |
| Proud Britain, nor— Oh, shame, thy form to see | |
| With theirs, my country! leaning from thy stall, | |
| Pale but still mute, while Hell goes glittering by! | | | | |
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