whose gentle rule won every heart

Use of learning; And day by day, when home at
eve returning, They
lingered, clustering round him, loth to part From

him whose gentle rule won every heart. But evermore, when they were wont to plead For longer converse,
forth he went with speed, Saying each day: "I go--the hour is late-- To tend
the guest who doth my coming wait," Until at last

they said: "The Rabbi jests, When telling us thus daily of his guests That wait for him." The Rabbi paused awhile, And then made answer: "Think you I beguile You with an idle tale? Not so, forsooth! I have a guest whom I
must tend in truth. Is not the soul of man indeed a guest, Who in this body deigns a while to rest, And
dwells