Juan, who did not understand a word
Of English, save their shibboleth, “God damn!”
And even that he had so rarely heard,
He sometimes thought ’twas only their “Salām,”
Or “God be with you!”—and ’tis not absurd
To think so—for half English as I am
(To my misfortune), never can I say
I heard them wish “God with you,” save that way;—