@3The Sinking of the Lusitania by a German submarine prompted this poem@1. The German Empire is no more, The hand that struck unseen An ocean's ruling queen Has stricken hearts of millions more Than sank in waters green, Cursed be that hand unseen! The Emperor of Hate has smiled, And in his smile he lost What centuries have cost, The reverence born to German child, A people's love embossed On Union's shield;—yes, lost! Oh, we whose veins prove Teuton sires, Who heretofore were proud Of German traits endowed, Must grasp Hate's fagots from War's fires, And hide its deeds with shroud, O, God!—and we've been proud! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A DEAD LOVER by LOUISE BOGAN WESTERN CIVILIZATION by JAMES GALVIN FAITH by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 6. SUNSET IN THE TROPICS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON TO J. D. H. (KILLED AT SURREY C. H., OCTOBER, 1866) by SIDNEY LANIER |