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is one answer to all dreams of ease—

Belgium!

One answer to the Teuton's cunning pleas—

Belgium!

One test and touchstone for all hearts that feel;

One word that is a stroke of steel on steel,

A stroke whose clangor sets a long note ringing

That falls upon our ears like distant singing.

One word for you who say the strife must cease—

Belgium!

Justice to her must hold the key of peace—

Belgium!

And you who clamor that our cry should be

Not love of country, but Humanity.