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1900 – 1902 - ZaunköniG - 04.06.2007
1900 – 1902
Not for te greed of gold or lust of land
Didst thou, my England, flesh thy dardy knife,
Nor rive the strong man from the weeping wife
To glut a blaze that envy’s breath had fanned:
Ne’er had Gain’s whispered counsel nerved thy hand
To dsperate largesse of thy fairest life, -
Ne’er hadst thou doomed thy dearest to the strife
For all Pactolus’ wealth of golden sand.
Nay, not the frenzied flame of blinding hate
Nor the slow smouldering of a stiftled pride
Could fire the train that waked thy blasting might. –
‘T was Pity for thy martyred nursling’s fate,
‘T was Love, that blinded thee to all beside
Thy younger sons’ inalienable right!