A Place in the Sun

"A Place in the Sun"

[Mr. Frederic Harrison has made the suggestion that Devil's Island would be an appropriate residence for the German Emperor after the war.]

YES, there, if he ever be captured,
Let him live, well laid by the heel,
And become, to a world enraptured,
Le diable là-bas dans l'île.

When Europe has washed off his mark,
Who stabbed her with poisoned steel,
Let him sigh for a Moltke and Bismarck--
Le diable, là-bas dans l'île.

Last product of German Culture,
There leave him, to make a meal
For some not too dainty vulture--
Le diable--là-bas--dans l'île.

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