Rebel Verses

<h2><SPAN name="Song_of_Revolt" id="Song_of_Revolt"></SPAN>Song of Revolt</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Crowns are ashake,<br/></span> <span class="i0">The princes and the Kings are bending low,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And, round the world,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Before the blast of Freedom, thrones are hurled:<br/></span> <span class="i0">The People are awake!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Over the Ark of Tyranny<br/></span> <span class="i0">The red flag flaunts abroad for all to see!<br/></span> <span class="i0">Whilst to the roll of drums<br/></span> <span class="i0">Swelling triumphantly, the glad cry comes:<br/></span> <span class="i0">The People shall be free!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">In dungeons, men, long-bound for freedom's sake,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Forgotten of God, deep-frozen by despair,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Hear with surprise that clangorous fanfare:<br/></span> <span class="i0">The People are awake!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Our fathers heard the call,<br/></span> <span class="i0">When Liberty from her bonds like the angry sea,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Pouring mightily forth, slew tyranny,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And singing the Marseillaise, bade crowns to fall,<br/></span> <span class="i0">That all men should be free!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Men shall be slaves no more!<br/></span> <span class="i0">From sea to sea<br/></span> <span class="i0">That Word of hope unspeakable succour brings;<br/></span> <span class="i0">The day dawneth when there are no more Kings:<br/></span> <span class="i0">And the People, the People shall be free!<br/></span> <span class="pagenum">[3]</span></div> </div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />