of the stick and the cord;
And the splendour of RAMESES pales in the
text of the old Coptic Muse,
And—one hears the mad rush of the wheels
that the fierce Red Sea billow pursues!
O Muscovite, blind in your wrath, with
your heel on the Israelite's neck,
And your hand on that baleful old blade,
Persecution, 'twere wisdom to reck
The PHARAOH'S calm warning. Beware!