You lift up your eyes, "O the merciless Jew!"
But in truth he was never more cruel than you;

... —and I guess that you frame
A judgment too harsh of the sin and the shame;

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[Variant 15:]

1815
... scarce e'en ...1800

... scarce e'en ...

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[Variant 16:]

Italics first used in 1815.

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