ALBEIT nurtured in democracy, <br /> And liking best that state republican <br /> Where every man is Kinglike and no man <br /> Is crowned above his fellows, yet I see, <br /> Spite of this modern fret for Liberty, <br /> Better the rule of One, whom all obey, <br /> Than to let clamorous demagogues betray <br /> Our freedom with the kiss of anarchy. <br /> Wherefore I love them not whose hands profane <br /> Plant the red flag upon the piled-up street <br /> For no right cause, beneath whose ignorant reign <br /> Arts, Culture, Reverence, Honour, all things fade, <br /> Save Treason and the dagger of her trade, <br /> And Murder with his silent bloody feet.<br /><br />Oscar Wilde<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/libertatis-sacra-fames/
