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Rossetti, William Michael: DEMOCRACY DOWNTRODDEN. - ZaunköniG - 28.10.2007 DEMOCRACY DOWNTRODDEN. Octobre 1849 HOW long, O Lord? The voice is sounding still Not only heard beneath the altar-stone, Not heard of John Evangelist alone In Patmos. It cloth cry aloud and will Between the earth's end and earth's end, until The day of the great reckoning bone for bone, And blood for righteous blood, and groan for groan : Then shall it cease on the air with a sudden thrill ; Not slowly growing fainter if the rod Strikes here or there amid the evil throng, Or one oppressor's hand is stayed and numbs ; Not till the vengeance that is coming comes. For shall all hear the voice excepting God, Or God not listen, hearing ? Lord, how long ? |