The Smell of Mussolini (Marcus Mosiah Garvey Poems)
When summer days have gayly passed away,And winter months have darkly come again,And when sweet spring does bring the laughing ...
When summer days have gayly passed away,And winter months have darkly come again,And when sweet spring does bring the laughing ...
When God did make the world and allHe laid a righteous plan of things:He never meant to harbour sinAmong mankind ...
Not yesterday, but centuries long,The Romans hated all of Negro blood,For Hannibal did slay the crew,As Carthage marched to martial ...
A king has fallen on the field-The field of war, but not by shot,Nor even through a broken shield:He died ...
The way we flitter through our span,And break the laws of loveliness,Does show an open Hell for manOn earth, with ...
The Beast of Rome sent forth his might'Gainst Ethiopia's silent hosts,And in battle went the menWho haunt the hills and ...
(For the Benefit of Haile Selassie and Benito Mussolini.)The man who holds a slave and laughs at easeIs devil with ...
Adam, Eve and all the rest of menThrew away the chart of holy life,And becoming Satan's cruel children,Waste the world ...
Broken hearts are flung to Hell's outpost,Death and desolation tease the land;This is due to Fascists' wildest boastThat has plagued ...
When years have passed to shaded memory,And all reflect on things of yore,The name of Benito MussoliniShall haunt good men ...
'Old and effete—this Parliament!' they cried,The laughing lads who stand about outside(Though now they ask the object of their mirthTo ...
Signor MussoliniDisliked the name SweeneyAnyone bearing it, he said,Would get a clump on the head.(Edmund Clerihew Bentley)
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