Burning, using all kinds of explosions. 
Washington will soon be in a burning lake 
While Mexico City will be in a river’s fire. 
Then America will almost be engulfed, 
For Mexico will gain many friends— 
Cuba, Hayti, Brazil, and many others. 
xiii. 
America, America! Beware of your destiny! 
You are a mighty nation of the world 
Having more money, more geological products, 
Ta a word, almost everything 
For the enemy to fight for— 
Really, you have all to lose 
And nothing to gain as a wealthy nation. 
You may not listen to these words because 
They are pootic; nevertheless, upon 
Many occasions the poet is an historian, 
A philosopher, a seer of the future; 
He contemplates, examines, and advises. 
xiv. 
We are now living in a time that 
Try the souls of men, an age 
That says keep they who can 
And take they who have the power. 
he governments of all nations are 
Now based on might is right, 
The survival of the fittest. 
This doctrine has always been, 
The law immutable, indestructible, eternal. 
Lore, women, and war, are the 
‘dren such circumstances have they fought. 
Amid such circumstances have they fought. 
xv. 
Shall we have a Caesar, Nebuchadnezzar, 
Or Napoleon today? Surely, 
For he is hidden somewhere now— 
In a garret, basement, cabin, or alley. 
Just as Caesar carried off the 
Treasures of Egypt, Greece, Gaul, 
Aad Rome; just as Napoleon looted 
The money waults of Venice, Vienna, 
Madrid, Berlin, and Moscow; just as 
Nebuchadnezzar the Temple of Zion, 
So shall thie garret-hidden maniac 
Spring upom the world to destroy all. 
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