Sacred! Were love of freedom and one's neighbour
Coöperant, claim would not conflict with claim.
But heed my words, outspoken yet meant kindly;
I suffer whilst ye stone each other blindly.
Solicitous—in speech—of my intactness,
Ye damage and deface me in your strife.
Your aims, expressed with full and fair exactness.
Mean fratricidal strife, war to the knife.
Encounter hot, and fierce retaliation
Must vainly prate about conciliation.