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The World’s Tragedy
The World’s Tragedy (1910), PDF p. 102
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THE RED STAR.
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IST NYMPH
Name the sharp accursed shape,
Stigma of its prodigy !
2ND NYMPH
Is it but a whirling storm ?
ALEXANDER
Nay ! the star is cruciform.
IST NYMPH
Thus the holy cross is cloven
From Pan’s purpose purple-woven.
Even for centuries nine and ten,
Life of women — death of men !
In that sinister sad star
Men shall bear the upright bar,
Hanged for honesty and truth,
Wisdom, courage, love, or youth.
Women bear the cross-bar, living
In the filth beyond believing.
Svelte or buxom, fair or dark,
Go to the maw of the greedy shark
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