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Subject: WILLIAM II, KAISER OF GERMANY (1859-1941
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` HIS CROWN OF SHAME (ON THE SINKING OF THE 'LUSITANIA'), by HENRY CHAPPELL    Poem Text                    
First Line: Another gem to deck your crown of shame
Last Line: Hell's horrors pale before a prussian brain.
Subject(s): Disasters; Drowning; Grief; Heaven; Lusitania (ship); Shipwrecks; William Ii, Kaiser Of Germany (1859-1941; Sorrow; Sadness; Paradise


MICE, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Here's to the mice that scare the lions
Last Line: Gnawing away the thrones.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel
Subject(s): Mice; Nicholas Ii, Czar Of Russia (1868-1918); Socialism; William Ii, Kaiser Of Germany (1859-1941


THE BATTLE OF LIEGE, by DANA BURNET    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Now spake the emperor to all his shining battle forces
Last Line: And the moon rode up behind the smoke and showed the king his dream.
Subject(s): Liege, Battle Of (1914); William Ii, Kaiser Of Germany (1859-1941; World War I; First World War


THE KAISER AND BELGIUM, by STEPHEN PHILLIPS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: He said: 'thou petty people, let me pass'
Last Line: Then thy destruction slake thy madman's thirst.
Subject(s): Liege, Battle Of (1914); William Ii, Kaiser Of Germany (1859-1941; World War I; First World War


THE KAISER AND GOD, by BARRY PAIN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Led by wilhelm, as you tell
Last Line: We, fighting to the end, commend our souls.
Subject(s): William Ii, Kaiser Of Germany (1859-1941; World War I; First World War


WILLIAM II PRINCE OF PEACE, by GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O prince of peace, o lord of war
Last Line: For if thou fail, a world shall fall!
Subject(s): William Ii, Kaiser Of Germany (1859-1941; World War I; First World War