THE WHITE CRUSADE—Italy 1860.
"And the earth helped the woman."—Rev. xii. 16.
Long, long the foot of pride
Trode down the human heart from hour to hour
With iron heel, and ever on the side
Of tyrants there was power;
Trode down the human heart from hour to hour
With iron heel, and ever on the side
Of tyrants there was power;
Till seventy summers back,
A Cry went up by night to God for food;
A raven's cry, a lion's, on the track
Of rapine and of blood;
A Cry went up by night to God for food;
A raven's cry, a lion's, on the track
Of rapine and of blood;
And Freedom at the sound
Stirred where she lay within her grave for dead,
And rose up from the earth, and gazed around
Like one disquieted.
Stirred where she lay within her grave for dead,
And rose up from the earth, and gazed around
Like one disquieted.
As one that hath been dead
Four days, she rose up from her grave; she woke
Bound round with grave-clothes, hands, and feet, and head;
Yet when she rose she spoke:
Four days, she rose up from her grave; she woke
Bound round with grave-clothes, hands, and feet, and head;
Yet when she rose she spoke:
