And afterwards, when honour has made good...

And afterwards, when honour has made good,

And all you think you fight for shall take place,

A late rejoicing to a crippled race;

The bulldog's teeth relax and snap for food,

The eagles fly to their forsaken brood,

Within the ravaged nest. When no disgrace

Shall spread a blush across the haggard face

Of anxious Pride, already flushed with blood.

In victory will you have conquered Hate,

And stuck old Folly with a bayonet

And battered down the hideous prison gate?

Or will the fatted gods be gloried yet,

Glutted with gold and dust and empty state,

The incense of our anguish and our sweat?