Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
The German EmpireBismarck, von MoltkeCloyd Head
Night, like a tempest, rends the will of earth,
Braced to a knowledge of the hate ordained
Before new brotherhood.
The consciousness of power without freedom;
Deformed at birth, bidden to strike, enslave,
Forge chain to chain, riveting life to darkness.
Faith waits its proof, confirmed only by blood—
How deep the source, ingenerate the need
That seeks its first growth in democracy:
Not till you struck—
A hand menacing all that there was yet to gain
And all that had been gained.
Not a defeat of men, but of a wrong.
Can they not hear?
Youth cries to youth, above the clash of war:
The old shall yield before the dream we dream.
Re-find the honor of the Fatherland!
Help us that there may rise
Out of the darkness—Peace with victory!