The Blood of Rachel, a Dramatization of Esther, and Other Poems
Else why were you

Made premier at the moment when the Jews

Faced death in every province of the king?

Mordecai

It was my hand that stopped the massacre,

But God avenged the awful wrong!

Zeresh

And Esther! How is it with her? You made

Her queen. She was a humble Hebrew girl,

Unknown and friendless, but for Mordecai.

Mordecai

She should be grateful for the crown I gave.

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Zeresh

But Hatach says her cheeks are often wet

With tears.

Mordecai

It may be that she weeps for him

Who won her girlish heart before we came

To Shushan or had ever seen the king.


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