The daily morning oasis., 1918-02-01
THE FOUR WORLD LORDS?
Josiah Bond.l


Overwhelming foce and this end falling Charles great
Rsgnedh and tried omake theclocs each with mate
Twas that Philip Second made his advent the
Defeating Moor and Turk Wishing by sheer force
The Protestants from ideas employing this end.
Assassination, secret. public, both; retarding trend
Of freedom by the inquisition failing when the age
Refused to bow to auocratic might; Alvas rage!
Nor skill Of the hero of Lepanto the Parmans moan!
Nor Philips fah could for the hour postpone
Netherlands should bend beneath the yant heel
Her children MANNED consumed and broken on the wheel
While England who with Henry had looked while Charles did
At last alarmed by Philips world ambitions the
Beled him; and his decayed and with him fell
The pride Of Spain in worldwide ruin to excel!
And Europe seemingly less medieval than before,
Woke partly champion human rights and shore
An unmistakable coincidence will here appear
For Philip always looking Backward died the sefsame year.
That the Edc of Nantes which marked forward look
In of toleraton; the first religion took!
Some generations later that majestic underling
De Rchelieu, to build despotc power for his King,
And make the of France through the supreme
Constructed political machine beyond the dream
Of lesser and while he did not live it's fate
he left powerful engine to his pupil, Louis the Great
Departing sadly from his wise gandfathers Great Design
This overgrown Augustus ruled too long by right divine
His most inveterae opponents the devlsh Dutch
And in reprse the King seized firmly in his clutch
lhe cities of Braban the Rhensh pans and then hate
He ravaged with both fire and sword the Rhine Palatinate
He spread his fear Throughout the word but the world
And all the nations at his throat heirbavest egons
So dying left to France legacy Of hate and debt
A misery and discomfort by wise foresight met;
The Hugenots destroyed eed but the despot shorn
Of privileges unto which he claimed that he born!
We note that Europe in this critical emergency
Was lined by the friends of right stood for liberty!
What though the had bulations yet to BEAR
These wars notice that autocrats bewar
Another great coincidence is here to be observed:
That at the time that Louis broken all unnerved
Was passing from this earthly stage he long strued on
There were beginning new ideas across the channel yon
And representative reform conquerng way
Restoring to the people natural rights until this day
Still later, Lafayette and MiIabeau and other minds
Prepared the French for pains and sacrifices of all kinds
AND then was shown to what great heights enthusiasm lead
And how the torch of liberty by spark genius freed
Will shed its light Ger all the world though here perhaps too
For Napoleon who had freedoms moon
And pushed her standard victorious the Southern sea-
A traitor! let ambition huge his future master be-
he likewise ravaged all the Netherlands the Rhensh banks
Despoied the fallen capitals of Euope from the ranks
Promoting soldiers and his numerous relatives Kings;
And otherwise disporting galy with the sacred things
Pertaining to the moral and political domains
Until at last no refuge retreat for him remains
ne VINO sought to rule the world locked freezing blue
There fought again. in dreams from Austertz to Waterloo
his going left behind people, ruined in their purse
And worse than ruined in their liberties Nor yet curse
Had they to fling at him. who might SO truly great
II ne had known enough to bend his to Freedoms
In this titanic struggle with ambitions greatest fool
d England earned praise by acting the righteous tool
he world was saved For chastened now
For liberty and progress in the of human good
BY way of parallel it is well to keep in mind the fact
nat with the passing Of Napoleon the greatest act
vi ages IN invention, was impressing modern BRAIN
ne application OF steam power to steamboat to train!
Equality, Fraternity and Liberty, bereft
by evil STROKE to raise the world in Gods good tmew ere left
W.
we to our day. and with sorrow Deep
a repetition of historical exploits, that weave
Inc tate OF nations Firsta of paves the way
As servant, not of all eternity but of a day!
rof bismarck trucking to ephemera, imperial power
Was working his fwnng all the woes the present bour
for apng Others William erruns his neghbors lands
ana raVages brave Belgium and with murerous hands
ooterte the boundaries of the PEASANTS field and home
Ana steals away his treasures like the Vanda from old Rome,
And more than this, with late invention to his aid /
His zeppeins drop bombs alike on widow and on maid,