The Blood of Rachel, a Dramatization of Esther, and Other Poems
Ahafid

Eh, Smerdis?

Smerdis

[Aloud.]

More than prince and less than king.

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Ahafid

Why now the sceptre, aye, almost the crown

Are worn by Haman, not of noble birth,

But lowborn, vulgar, raised by royal will

To first place in a land renowned for blood.

Smerdis

To first place in a land renowned for fools.

Ahafid

What's that?

Smerdis

This Haman is a cunning fox.

Ahafid

The exile of the virtuous Vashti was

A fatal sin.


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