'The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.' <br /> <br /> <br />In the valley, on the mountain, <br />From the swamp, the lake, the fountain, <br />From the ocean, from the river, <br />The voice of blood is sounding ever. <br /> <br /> <br />In Columbian forest's shadow, <br />On the plain, the field, the meadow, <br />The purple current ceaseth never- <br />The voice of blood is sounding ever. <br /> <br /> <br />China, land misnamed Celestial, <br />Where they slaughter men like bestial, <br />Thousand heads at once they sever- <br />Blood! that voice is sounding ever. <br /> <br /> <br />Down Circassia's rocks and hills, <br />Patriot blood, in crimson rills, <br />Gusheth on, and ceaseth never- <br />Blood! still blood! it cries for ever. <br /> <br /> <br />Poland, in 'the book of time,' <br />Darker deeds of blood and crime <br />Wrought on thee, were written never- <br />Thy blood! thy tears! they cry for ever. <br /> <br /> <br />'The weeping blood in woman's heart,' <br />I give thee, Denmark-ah! thou art <br />A mark on which the robber's quiver <br />Is spent.-Must we confer for ever? <br /> <br /> <br />Round the dark horizon sweep <br />With thine eye-stern vigil keep; <br />Fresh storm-signals flash and quiver, <br />War and blood foretelling ever. <br /> <br /> <br />Why for ever courting France? <br />When we pipe she will not dance; <br />Oft I fear our paths will sever- <br />Follow in her wake!-no, never! <br /> <br /> <br />Soon the brazen trump of war, <br />With startling clangour from afar, <br />May wake our shores-make Europe broad <br />One battle-field-forbid it, God!<br /><br />Janet Hamilton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-voice-of-blood/
