<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">To the Aggressor</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><span class="smallcaps">Not</span> ours the stroke, for we maintain</p><p class="line">The Truth by which the just abide,</p><p class="line">That murder is the lust of Hell.</p><p class="line">If Europe must be crucified,</p><p class="line">Not ours the guilt! Let it be known.</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">Aye! by the blood upon thy throne!</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Not ours this war, and all its waste,</p><p class="line">Nor do we take the sword in vain --</p><p class="line">The Holy Sword our fathers bore</p><p class="line">To brand it with the mark of Cain.</p><p class="line">"Thou art the Man !" For thee 'twas planned.</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">Aye! by the Bible in thy hand!</p></div><p class="byline">REGINALD R. BUCKLEY</p><em>T. P.'s Weekly, August</em> 13, 1914</body></html> · Great War