WHERE WERE THE GREAT ONES?
Mr. William Watson contributes a lons poem on tho'Balkqri war to tho "Nation. Here are four of the. verses:— Where ivcre the great/ohes of the earth, Kaiser and Tsar. m>(j King, Small thanks to them,'for . this glad birth .Whereat the daystnrs-sing! The little lands, with'hearts of flame, Itnvo put the mighty-thrones to 6hanie. To-morrow who sliall; dare deny Tho heroes, their rewnrdi. And snatch from' iiiidcr Victory's eye Tho harvest of the, swordP ' Not we ourselves, a- eefcojul time, Could dye our';hands with such a crime. LovoWss and oold was Europe's sin, Loveless tho . path she : chose, And 6elf-upbraiding deep: within She strangled; as-they' rose; But that dart'trespass'of lour own ' Forbids, that wo should' oast H ston«, Enough, if .hands' that-"- heretofore Latiburcd to! bait' Hi- Voad, ' Delay heucqfonvard iicvennoro; The charioteers of God, i * Who lialt and.slinnbeivbut anon, With bumiiiK wheels', drive : thunderiu» on, . . , . ... .......
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1643, 9 January 1913, Page 8
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150WHERE WERE THE GREAT ONES? Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1643, 9 January 1913, Page 8
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