Rezon monologue (Act 2) — The House of Rimmon: A Drama in Four Acts

[_Lifting his rod._] Forbear, O King! Stand back from him, all men! By the great name of Rimmon I proclaim This man a leper! On his brow I see The death-white seal, the finger-print of doom! That tiny spot will spread, eating his flesh, Gnawing his fingers bone from bone, until The impious heart that dared defy the gods Dissolves in the slow death which now begins. Unclean! unclean! Henceforward he is dead: No human hand shall touch him, and no home Of men shall give him shelter. He shall walk Only with corpses of the selfsame death Down the long path to a forgotten tomb. Avoid, depart, I do adjure you all, Leave him to god,--the leper Naaman!