Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-12-27
Hymn Of the German Sword.

Sword.")
Hymn Of the German Sword.
1t is no duty OF mine to be eithIf
just or compassionate; it sufiices that
] am sanctitied by my exalted MS
sion, and that ! blind the eyes of my
enemies with such streams OF tears
as shall make the -.roudest of them
cringe in terror unuer the vault Of
heaven.
have slaughtered the old and the
sorrowful; have struck Oft the
breasts Of women; and / have run
through the bodies of children who
razed at me with eyes of the wounded
lion.
Lay after day ] ride aloft on the
shadowv horses in the Valley of Cy-
presses and as ride draw forth the
life blood of every enemy's son that
dares to dispute my path.
1t is meet and right that l should
cry aloud my prize. for am l not the
flaming messenger of the Lord AL
mighty? 80
Germany is so far above and beyond
all the other nations that all the rest
of the earth, be they who they may,
should feel themselves well done by
when they are allowed to fight with
the dors for the crumbs that fall from
her table.
When Germany the divine is happy,
then .the rest of the world basks in
smiles; but when Germany suffers,
God in person, is rent with anguish,
and, wrathful and avenging, He turns
all the waters into rivers of blood.
The American Sword
am. the American sword.
have never been nnshsathed ex-
cept in the cause of justice and hu-
manity. = =
punish. ,only under solemn and
compelling obligation.
In my presence national perfiidy
and dishonor never go unchallenged.
i 4 II The PORTALS of American op-
pol unity and gave equal rights to all
in the inheritance created by the toll
and blood Of onr ancestors.
In me everything that is good finds
approval, everything mean meets re-
buke. ~.
My people, are enticed to love y
bv the gentle persuasiveness of my
life..s
/ am the visuaFenchantment of the
downtrcdden and the oppressed: the
emblem Of national ho?or. the embod-
iment Of the worlds hone.
In me is linked the command of duty
with the 1--WE of Calvary! it is mine
to trace the hidden equities of divine
reward and connect national wrong-
doing with its swift retribution: un-
der me fulfillment adds splendor to
the gorgeous Mosaic of our dreams.
0 Kaiser! obsessed with power,
drunk with passion. enemy of neace
and right and freedom throughout the
world, SLAYER of age and infancy,
ravisher of virginity, spreader of con-
tagion. fiend incarnate!
Against thee barren fields crv out
in protest; venerated works of art and
architecture. hallowed bv the CEN
turies, thou has crumbled under shells
of frenzy; thou art wasting the flower
of the worlds manhood in red ruin
spurred on by the grim reaper of
Hate.
Thou international brieand. ens'aver
and robber of Be'~ium. looter of Ser
via, betraver of neutrals! thou art a
pirate running mad on the painless
sweep of oceans, plundering and mur-
dering on the worlds highway.
Dinlomatic intriguer. thou hast
faithlessly broken age-old treaties,
thou hnst to~rodoed hosrital shi':s.
bombarded defenseless cities. and un-
lashed liquid fire and poison gas
outlaw demons of d ,struction. In this
ep;lersv of tho worlds horror thou art
not bowed with sense Of unfathom-
able guilt and sodder shame: thou, tho
arch gutter-snipe o. civilization. are
more unsraring than Torquemada,
more cruel than Nero, more atrocions
than Caicula. more crafty than Ger
oronio: thou hast loosed the hosts of
i'll upon a neaceful world and darkened
the heavens with b'asphemy.
Thou art chased bv the maddening
billows; the deems in malice open to
receive thee: ashen faces turned to-
ward 1ame-lit skies, appeal for ven
geance.
My presence gives courage to en-
dure the annalling strain and omni.
present peril of battle.
besto,v suparhuman nerve, sleen.
less caution. CAPACITY for sacrifice
and the justice of nv cause palsie;
the hand of brutal might and insenate
ambition. .
I pit, the victim. not the violator
the So rows / bring wear no weed OF
mourning.
oren new err in history: | fir
the human soul with new darin~ npt
new hone: will survive this conflic
ard pronounce it's sentence.
When the name of Kaiser shall hav,
lost it's stencil and been covered by th'
drst of remorseless centuries, shal
still be glorifed rs the main stay o
democracy-the peace-maker of tn,
world.