Universal Peace
(Written for Mr. Charles Randall, Seattle, Washington, (Mia Onklo Karlo.)
[ No EATA You—No. Me Know ESPERANTO...Knecht]
Not long ago, Sir Wu Ting Fang,
A song of peace most sweetly sang,
Suggesting that the Pension Millions,
Given yearly will be billions
Unless all wars be made to cease
By a Tribunal ruled by "PEACE."
But good Sir Fang he did not go
Far off to Hague or else he'd know
That Peace Tribunals bring not "PEACE,"
Nor cause all bloody wars to cease;
As every man from each strange land
All other men can't understand
E'en when the learned GO-BETWEEN
Tries to explain and makes a scene.
Of mighty sword and mightier pen
Poets have sung time and again,
But they forgot in songs they sung
To praise the power of a COMMON TONGUE,
And ne'er will banners of PEACE be unfurled
'Till ESPERANTO rules over the world.