Alas, that thousands of hearts should bleed
For naught but a tyrant’s boundless greed!”
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Said the wholesale grocer, in righteous mood,
As he went to adulterate salable food.
Spake as follows the merchant king:
“Isn’t this war a disgraceful thing?
Heartless, cruel, and useless, too;
It doesn’t seem that it can be true.
Think of the misery, want and fear!