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FULL CYCLE by JOHN WHITE CHADWICK

First Line: SPAIN DREW US PROUDLY FROM THE WOMB OF NIGHT
Last Line: AND THRUSTS HER DEEP IN A DISHONORED GRAVE.
Subject(s): SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR (1898);
SPAIN drew us proudly from the womb of night,
A lusty man-child of the Western wave, --
Who now, full-grown, smites the old midwife down,
And thrusts her deep in a dishonored grave.



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