Category: Poetry
seated before the fire. The Jew, bent, gaunt and gray-bearded, stands to one side, unrecognized, muttering to himself indistinctly. He has evidently just entered, for the melted snow still gleams from his clothing. The company disregard him, conversing among themselves.]
ANSELM. This is the eve--the sacred eve of Christ. The wind is wild, and stormy is the night, And yet methinks despite the elements A holy peace pervades the solemn world-- As w...
4. dim. She has moments of modesty, too, about her work that are verygratifying. But Mrs. L. is cold and egotistical; lifted so high above the ordinary plane of life, in her estimation, that no arrows of criticism can possibly reach her. The intr...
1. SCENE I. [The travellers, with some of the monks of the monastery, areseated before the fire. The Jew, bent, gaunt and gray-bearded, stands to one side, unrecognized, muttering to himself indistinctly. He has evidently just entered, for the melted...
2. SCENE II. [AHASUERUS, alone. He looks around him, as if to see if anyAHASUERUS. Ah, God of Jacob! Hear the Christians talk. "Dog Jew!" "Accursed Jew!" I hate you all! Your Christ sits on his kingly throne this night-- But I am steadfast. How the...