Whose sons have been slaughtered—whose daughters defiled!

Whose homes have been pillaged—whose fields made a wild!

’Tis she is the cause of rebellion and strife,[20]

We fight not your foes till we’ve taken her life!

“Nought but the blood

Of Yang Kuei-fei

Can stem this flood

Of anarchy!”

“Oh! bitter destiny!

Oh! dire necessity!