At the Grave in Waldheim
Witheren
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Quiet they lie in their shrouds of rest Their lids kissed close 'neath the lips of peace Over each pulseless and painless breast The hands lie folded and softly pressed As a dead dove presses a broken nest Ah, broken hearts were the price of these The lips of their anguish are cold and still For them are the clouds and the glooms all past No longer the woe of the world can thrill The chords of those tender hearts, or fill The silent dead- house! The "people's will" Has snapped asunder the strings at last "The people's will!" Ah, in years to come Dearly ye'll weep that ye did not save Do you not hear now the muffled drum The trampling feet and the ceaseless hum Of the million marchers - trembling, dumb In their tread to a yawning, giant grave And yet, ah! yet there's a rift of white 'Tis breaking over the martyrs' shrine Halt there, ye damned ones - it scares the night As lightning darts from its scabbard bright And sweeps the face of the sky with light "No more shall be spilled out the blood-red wine!" These are the words it has written there Keen as the lance of the northern mourn The sword of Justice gleams in its glare And the arm of Justice, upraised and bare Is true to strike, aye, 'tis strong to dare It will fall where the curse of our land is born No more shall the necks of the nations be crushed No more to dark Tyranny's throne bend the knee No more in abjection to ground to the dust By the brave heart-beats stilled, by the brave voices hushed We swear that humanity yet shall be free
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