Unknown + Lies

Down the rapt and singing streets of little Lawrence

Came the stolid columns; and, behind the blue-coats,
Grinning and invisible, bearing unseen torches,
Rode red hordes of anger, sweeping all before them.
Lust and Evil joined them - Terror rode among them,
Fury fired its pistols, Madness stabbed and yelled
Down the wild and bleeding streets of shuddering Lawrence
Raged the heedless panic, hour-long and bitter;
Passion tore and trampled men more mild and peaceful,
Fought with savage hatred in the name of Law and Order.
And, below the outcry, like the sea beneath the breakers,
Mingling with the anguish rolled the solemn organ.
Eleven in the morning - people were in the church -
Prayers were in the making - God was near at hand -
It was Sunday!


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