Jessie Pope, 'The Blackest Lie'

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The Blackest Lie

(The Frankfurter Zeitung states that Belgium intrigued with England and France to drag Germany into war.)

Big bully Belgium,
Breathing blood and flame,
Crafty as a serpent
In a cunning game,
Sent a note to England,
Sent a note to France,
"Let us crush the Fatherland
While we have the chance!"

Poor little Germany,
Gentle land of peace,
Seeking the Millennium,
When armaments shall cease;
Rather grieved than angry,
Called her sons to fight,
To protect their Fatherland,
As was only right.

Hurry with the whitewash,
Pour it out in streams!
Bleach the ravaged country,
Louvain, Antwerp, Rheims!
Belgium concocted war,
Thus deserves her fate!
That's the blackest Teuton lie
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By Jessie Pope