The Image in the Forum

NOT Baal, but Christus-Jingo! Heir
Of Him who once was crucified!

The red stigmata still are there,
The crimson spear-wounds in the side;

But raised aloft as God and Lord,
He holds the Money-bag and Sword.

See, underneath the Crown of Thorn,
The eyeballs fierce, the features grim!

And merrily from night to morn
We chaunt his praise and worship him,

Great Christus-Jingo, at whose feet
Christian and Jew and Atheist meet!

A wondrous god! most fit for those
Who cheat on 'Change, then creep to prayer;

Blood on his heavenly altar flows,
Hell's burning incense fills the air,

And Death attests in street and lane
The hideous glory of his reign.

O gentle Jew, from age to age
Walking the waves Thou could'st not tame,

This god hath ta'en Thy heritage,
And stolen Thy sweet and stainless Name!

To him we crawl and bend the knee,
Naming Thy Name, but scorning Thee!