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I saw a city filled with lust and shame,
Where men, like wolves, slunk through the grim half-light;
And sudden, in the midst of it, there came
One who spoke boldly for the cause of Right.
And speaking, fell before that brutish race
Like some poor wren that shrieking eagles tear,
While brute Dishonour, with her bloodless face
Stood by and smote his lips that moved in prayer.
"Speak not of God! In centuries that word
Hath not been uttered! Our own king are we."
And God stretched forth his finger as He heard
And o'er it cast a thousand leagues of sea.
John McCrae
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Rekha Mandagere (12/11/2011 1:48:00 AM)
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The poet deeply touches the cry of this modern era in which man finds himself as everything! Godless, fearless, valueless moribund world in which man finds himself supreme but the truth is, he is leading anarchic life! The poet has used wise imagery and it is highly educative.
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JOSEPH POEWHIT (12/11/2009 9:23:00 AM)
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Poem shows that GOD runs the show here on earth - the stage.
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Kevin Straw (12/11/2009 7:33:00 AM)
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This is Christianity gone mad. No city is 'filled' with lust and shame. The flood was the story of an act of vengeance by a maniac God no one now believes in. This is the unacceptable face of religion.
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Ramesh T A (12/11/2009 1:39:00 AM)
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Another part of ravages of war is quite inhuman and more than animal like is wonderfully depicted during the course of WW1! Despite many changes aftereffects of modern wars are not praiseworthy even today!
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Ian Singer (12/9/2008 8:59:00 AM)
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it is ok i didn't really like it that much. i don't see how it got into the top500 that is what has me confused.
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