Swords and Plowshares/Russia and America
Russia and America,
August 29, 1898[1].png){kind=small}
GOD bless the Tsar!
Little did I believe yesterday that that prayer would ever leave my lips.
The ancient riddle is answered.
Out of the eater cometh forth meat, and out of the strong cometh forth sweetness.
From the heart of the Northern Bear at last we may gather honey.
The armed hordes of Muscovy and Tartary cry "Peace!"
Little did I believe yesterday that that prayer would ever leave my lips.
The ancient riddle is answered.
Out of the eater cometh forth meat, and out of the strong cometh forth sweetness.
From the heart of the Northern Bear at last we may gather honey.
The armed hordes of Muscovy and Tartary cry "Peace!"
O Daughter of the West, thine hour of shame is upon thee!
When thou didst hear from afar the word divine, thou wast busied in things of war.
Thy thoughts were of loftier battlements, of swelling battalions, of deadlier flotillas, of greater preparation for slaughter.
Thou hast sown the wind. Wilt thou escape the whirlwind?
Thou hast planted dragon's teeth. Wilt thou save thyself from the harvest of armed men, ready to impoverish and lord it over thee?
Daughter of Liberty, fallen tho thou be, give ear to the voice of Tyranny's transfigured daughter.
God bless Russia and the Tsar!
When thou didst hear from afar the word divine, thou wast busied in things of war.
Thy thoughts were of loftier battlements, of swelling battalions, of deadlier flotillas, of greater preparation for slaughter.
Thou hast sown the wind. Wilt thou escape the whirlwind?
Thou hast planted dragon's teeth. Wilt thou save thyself from the harvest of armed men, ready to impoverish and lord it over thee?
Daughter of Liberty, fallen tho thou be, give ear to the voice of Tyranny's transfigured daughter.
God bless Russia and the Tsar!
- ↑ These lines express a transient view of the action of the Tsar in calling the Peace Congress. His recent behavior toward Finland ranks him, notwithstanding, among the tyrants.