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isn't just because some ships were lost,

And children drowned, and women, and strong men.

That's bad enough, God knows!

But the Prussians were our foes

Long before their cruel wolf-pack left its den.

It isn't just because their hunting pack

Tore at Belgium's throat to reach the throat of France.

No, by Heaven! It's because

They are traitors to all laws

Made by God to curb the Devil's arrogance.

They are traitors to humanity, no less!

They acknowledge nothing nobler than their will