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thought that reason had mastered men,

That peace of the world was lord,

That never the roll of the drum again

Should quicken the thirsty sword—

But our bubble broke with a sudden blow,

And we heard like the trumpet's din

That levelled the walls of Jericho

The old stern cry—"Fall in!"

We were numb, amazed, we were sick and dazed

With a horror past belief.

Silent we stood while Belgium blazed

In her martyr's glory of grief.

Then it came so near that we needs must hear,

For the cry of our murdered kin