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The Weavers 105
But pity s what you ve never known,
You d take both skin and clothing,
You cannibals, whose cruel deeds
Fill all good men with loathing.
The Dreissigers, however, will take no heed.
Arrogant and secure in the possession of their
stolen wealth, supported by the mouthpieces of
the Church and the State, they feel safe from
the wrath of the people till it is too late. But
when the storm breaks, they show the yellow
streak and cravenly run to cover.
The weavers, roused at last by the poet s de
scription of their condition, urged on by the in
spiring enthusiasm of the Beckers and the Jaegers,
become indifferent to the threats of the law and
ignore the soft tongue of the dispenser of the pure
word of God,
"
the God who provides shelter
and food for the birds and clothes the lilies of the
field." Too long they had believed in Him. No
wonder Pastor Kittelhaus is now at a loss to under
stand the weavers, heretofore
"
so patient, so hum
ble, so easily led." The Pastor has to pay the
price for his stupidity: the weavers have outgrown
even him.
The spirit of revolt sweeps their souls. It
gives them courage and strength to attack the rot
ten structure, to drive the thieves out of the tem
ple, aye, even to rout the soldiers who come to
save the sacred institution of capitalism. The
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