Belgium (war)

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Title:     Belgium (war)
Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox [More Titles by Wilcox]

Ruined? destroyed? Ah, no; though blood in rivers ran
Down all her ancient streets; though treasures manifold
Love-wrought, Time-mellowed, and beyond the price of gold
Are lost, yet Belgium's star shines still in God's vast plan.

Rarely have Kings been great, since kingdoms first began;
Rarely have great kings been great men, when all was told.
But, by the lighted torch in mailed hands, behold,
Immortal Belgium's immortal king, and Man.

[The end]
Ella Wheeler Wilcox's poem: Belgium (war)

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