“An Edward's England spat us out - a band
Foredoomed to redden Vistula or Rhine,
And leaf-like toss with every wind malign.
All mocked the faith they could not understand.”

—  Israel Zangwill

Poem: Blind Children

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British writer 1864–1926

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