The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-06
Tn, liberty Loan Posters.

The liberty Loan Posters.
A flame Of terror and Of iovsliness
Leaps from the city windows and gray
walls,
And makes the path of him who treads
her streets
Like Dante's pilgrimage through realms
OF wrath
Up to the radiant world Of hope again.
For see the posters tear the wells aside
That hid the shameless, ieering face of
Remember Belsiumr'-whsrs against the
OF piteous burning homes . huge black
bulk,
Les. man than shaggy ape. drsss to his
lair
A shr,ekins maid. his morssi from the
loot.
And all her auivsrins form one query
wild
What is his will with her the
darkness biabsi
| Then Hun or Home with some vague
shape of fear.
Seen through q smoke Of evil will. that
bends
| Above = prostrats form, lax to It's clutch.
And hiccoughs vileiy to . fleeing girl
who clasps . babe away from hslrs red
| reach.
Must children die and mothers plead in
vain7"
Another asks. vhsYs to the painters eye
! All stricken mothers OF the ravagsd lands
Implore. In the faint gestures agony
| OF one Madonna OF the Rags a,iS Famine.
The worlds sweet pity for their infants
woe.
THE Hun--his markw-a bloody hand
print-yes
But bloody soul print, too. where on white
OF chastity and grace of sacred love
\ The murderous and denling grasp was set:
To plot II, out" .--Ah. God. can It be true
That He will lot Us share His work In
Shisf
W. Lend tho way they nsht,-if we
but may
This splendid bomber on the trench's
| edge.
| with uniform in tattsrs, and his arm
Naked In vieor for his mighty throw
| To blast the devils grin from his vile
Fulnils the angels song Of Peace on Earth
| with that one music demons understand.
Raw force and rage Of Gods clean dyna-
| mitsi
And shall our gold. Gods FURNISHED sword.
not fash
Cnshsathed above the warrior. lightning
1
Come onY his comrads shouts. where
Ger one foe
He stands astrids. and bids the rest ap-
proach
To dare the menace Of that bayonet-
Come onr' to lssEards here no less he
| cries
Rsfuse-then see this awful dream come
true
| The artist prophets vision has conceived.
| or blazing harbor under scourgins planes
That wing. wild vultursa In unhindsred
hate
To hurl brave bridges and the city's tow
In one red ruin OF the oonausrors giss.
shame
OF recrsant soma beneath her shattered
To be the plsythins of the erimsonsd
So through Infesnos circles shall they
walk
Who through the Posters like transparent
Behold Wars terror; yet like Dante too
They meet their Beatrice to guide TO
| faith
FOR victory"--an amazon leads forth
| with brandished sword our armies 30 the
fray,
Against . scarlet sunrise. stern a. fata
And Clear the wayr'--a form such a.
the poet
Who climbed from he'll to gree. the blessed
stars
Found for hts leader through the heaven
of hope.
Thrills battling sailors at their roaring
wn.r. meath the Iu,,r. of, her Sniowins
| dag
They point and serve their giant aroaisst.
And rand the German shark from the
| torn sea-
Her young brow wrssthsd with bay. her
| face alight
with splendor of great deeds her ban
| ner's folds
Answered by rondure OF her oosom's grace
And gleam OF eager arms. tense with the
| strife.
In tender contrast to the muscied backs
or the fierce gufners at her white robed
Who thsn thrills not N the youns
| mRnads cry.
Nor kindles 30 the passion of her faith
That out OF anguish JOY shall sprins
And from wars rnurk the glory of sre.,
| Peacef
Deem US not reersAnt to your lovely seal
Maid OF the dag and keen Tipped. shout
4 ing gun,
Wen clear ths way for your stark shout
| dered lads
To purge the sea and land OF this black
curse.
Or count us dead at dawn OF mighty days
| ELIOT wHTTA
Even Winter Can't Understand I'm
FROM the Arkdnsss GssStts.
We now approach
The bleak period
o. the year