Far-called, our navies melt away;
On dune and headland sinks the fire:
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
RUDYARD KIPLING
The Kaiser: "You See You Have Lost Everything."
The King of the Belgians: "Not My Soul."
(Reproduced by permission of the proprietors of Punch.)