The Nazi loose the lusts of fang and claw: Justice, art, culture, science, brotherhood, The virile virtues of the common good Are mangled by the despot's brutal paw. Blood madness, tribal insolence, the State Gargantuan grown, leaders gorged with might Poison young minds, warp truth and, blind with hate, Spurn Goethe's eagle-visioned quest for right. A crucified humanity cries, "Shame" -- Joan the dauntless maid of Domremy, Milton who lost his eyes for liberty, Lincoln who fostered freedom's sacred flame, And Jesus cries in deep compassion too, "Father, forgive, they know not what they do!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BACCALAUREATE by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH MARCH by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS FIRST BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 17. SIC TRANSIT by THOMAS CAMPION ODE ON THE POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND by WILLIAM COLLINS (1721-1759) HERE LIES A LADY by JOHN CROWE RANSOM AN EPISTLE, FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS SISTER by JOHN BYROM |