Australia, hasting from the southward, came;
Africa, India, sprang into the fight.
"Lo, Kaiser! here our answer to thy claim;
Now God shall show the right."
Then he who drew the blade looked forth, and saw
That ring of steel and fire about his throne,
And knew himself at last, with trembling awe,
The Lord of Death alone.
Norah Holland
From "Spun-yarn and Spindrift"—By permission of the Author and J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., Toronto