Show v RUSSIA YESTERDAY I r The Russian Bear Bear was ill In A throbbing pain pai S 4 w V r Beat at his temples as asking ng to be free r h Then Revolution clove his his head in twain T TAnd f i And forth Kerensky sprang armed cap a pier cap Alas that combat should so soon reveal 4 i i He like Achilles had his mortals mortal's heel f k ti I i TODAY f A penny a starving week by week y 1 Became the Embodiment of of Bolshevik 5 1 N NAnd An Oracle who who sp speaks aks more ore than he thinks thinks thinks' t And yet remains the Ef European Sphinx I 1 J He Ile yields yield like water yet stands fixed ks hs s Fate J Who shall hall un riddle him save the State may It 1 I TOMORROW l France France had her tyrants tyrants too and dragged them do dot t t Then came the guillotine the sword the crown crown r sf P r r Commune and Consul Emperor and King E r UC Republican and Bourbon had their fling ling 5 i A century endured ere one might say 5 5 r France had survived and owned her Peoples People's swa sway away Now Russia sails upon the boundless brine J And scar scarce e shall harbor in your jour time or mine Copyright 1918 by the Newspaper Enterprise Association |