Unheeded still, and unappeased, it swelled.
And now it pleads in vain, and now it rages—
The answer still withheld.
A century ago it shrieked and clamored
Till trembled emperors and kings grew pale;
At gates of palaces it roared and hammered,—
The same old wail.
It got no final answer, though its passion
Altered the face of Europe, monarchs slew;
But ere it sank to silence, in some fashion