 | Easter Lilies for nineteen hundred and fifteen |  |
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Under which King?
Who is the King ye are dying for,
Brothers and men of Germany?
Kaiser—Emperor—Lord of War?
Pluck the mask from the face, and see!
Brothers and men of Germany?
Kaiser—Emperor—Lord of War?
Pluck the mask from the face, and see!
Bid for an hour to stand aside
Yon sceptred actor who holds the stage!
What is the Shadow that, stride for stride,
Prompts his motion and pricks his rage?
Yon sceptred actor who holds the stage!
What is the Shadow that, stride for stride,
Prompts his motion and pricks his rage?
Who is the Lord ye are toiling for,
Brothers and men of Germany?
Kaiser—Emperor—Lord of War?
Look to the work of your hands, and see!
Brothers and men of Germany?
Kaiser—Emperor—Lord of War?
Look to the work of your hands, and see!
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Art and labour and busy brain,
Aching limbs of the pit and forge,
Breathless deeds in the sky or main—
Nought to profit Man, all to scourge!
Aching limbs of the pit and forge,
Breathless deeds in the sky or main—
Nought to profit Man, all to scourge!
Say for whom the Zeppelin flies,
And living men to the deep go down,
And Music, your own sweet daughter, dies,
Wed to a Lord she will not own?
And living men to the deep go down,
And Music, your own sweet daughter, dies,
Wed to a Lord she will not own?
Kaiser—Emperor—Lord of War!
Only a puppet King is he!
Death is the Lord ye are dying for,
Brothers and men of Germany!
Only a puppet King is he!
Death is the Lord ye are dying for,
Brothers and men of Germany!
| Easter Lilies for nineteen hundred and fifteen | |