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POEMS BY CLARA A. MERRILL
ONWARD FOR FREEDOM AND RIGHT
(Written at the time of the Spanish-American War.)
"All that there is in Cuba's lands
Is ours, and we shall reign;
Or we will fight them till they die!"
Thus comes the cry from Spain.
"They never shall their freedom have—
We will rule with iron hand;
They shall bow to us, they shall heed our laws
Or we'll drive them from the land!"
Is ours, and we shall reign;
Or we will fight them till they die!"
Thus comes the cry from Spain.
"They never shall their freedom have—
We will rule with iron hand;
They shall bow to us, they shall heed our laws
Or we'll drive them from the land!"
"Ye cruel tyrants! Are ye men?"
('Twas 'Uncle Sam' who spoke.)
"Desist, or ye shall see this end
In cannon roar, and fire, and smoke
Ye worse than tyrants! what have ye done?
Ye have pillaged, burned and destroyed—
Ye have starved helpless men and women to death
And the wailing of children enjoyed.
('Twas 'Uncle Sam' who spoke.)
"Desist, or ye shall see this end
In cannon roar, and fire, and smoke
Ye worse than tyrants! what have ye done?
Ye have pillaged, burned and destroyed—
Ye have starved helpless men and women to death
And the wailing of children enjoyed.
Ye have tortured them with fiendish delight,
And hundreds of people have slain;
Ye caused the death of our brave, noble men,
Who went down in the wreck of the "Maine."
And hundreds of people have slain;
Ye caused the death of our brave, noble men,
Who went down in the wreck of the "Maine."
