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THE KAISER'S APPEAL TO HISTORY.
August 3, 1915.
“I never will'd this war: I wanted peace:
No lust of empire turn'd my eyes astray
To conquest far or near; no one can say
Of other nations I desired increase.”
No lust of empire turn'd my eyes astray
To conquest far or near; no one can say
Of other nations I desired increase.”
What whine is this? Has the wolf donn'd a fleece,
And would he now lie down beside his prey
And with the victims of his passion play
In friendly wise, if only war would cease?
And would he now lie down beside his prey
And with the victims of his passion play
In friendly wise, if only war would cease?
Yes, this is he, the hypocrite, that speaks,
The Hun that knew neither remorse nor shame.
Now, like a coward caught, he vainly seeks
To hoodwink History. There is but one name
That History will brand on both his cheeks,
And Liar, in black letters, is that same.
The Hun that knew neither remorse nor shame.
Now, like a coward caught, he vainly seeks
To hoodwink History. There is but one name
That History will brand on both his cheeks,
And Liar, in black letters, is that same.
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