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THE DANCE TO DEATH.
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Seems he not one re-risen from Uie grave
To yield Uie secret ?
Enter Rabbi Jaoob, and Rabbi Cbessbun led by Claibb. They walk axross the stage, and disappear in the Synagogue.
BABUGH (exaltedly).
Blessed art thou, O Lord,
King of the Universe, who teachest wisdom
To those who fear thee ! [1]
NAPHTALI.
Haste we in* The star
Of Sabbath dawns.
BABUGH.
My flesh is still a-creep
From the strange gaze of those wide -rolling orbs.
Didst note, man, how they fixed me ? His lean cheeks.
As wan as wax, were bloodless ; how his arms
Stretched far beyond the flowing sleeve and showed
Graont, palsied wrists, and hands blue-tipped with death !
Well, I have seen a sage of Israel.
[They enter the Synagogue. Scene closes.
- ↑ These words are the customary formula of Jewish prayer on seeing a wise man of Israel.
