\u2013\u00a0Khalil Gibran, 1933,\u00a0\u201cThe Garden of the Prophet\u201d<\/p>\n
Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion.
\nPity the nation that acclaims the bully as hero,
\nand that deems the glittering conqueror bountiful.<\/p>\n
Pity a nation that despises a passion in its dream,
\nyet submits in its awakening.<\/p>\n
Pity the nation that raises not its voice
\nsave when it walks in a funeral,
\nboasts not except among its ruins,
\nand will rebel not save when its neck is laid
\nbetween the sword and the block.<\/p>\n
Pity the nation whose statesman is a fox,
\nwhose philosopher is a juggler,
\nand whose art is the art of patching and mimicking.<\/p>\n
Pity the nation that welcomes its new ruler with trumpeting,
\nand farewells him with hooting,
\nonly to welcome another with trumpeting again.<\/p>\n
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\u2013 Lawrence Ferlinghetti (After Khalil Gibran) 2007<\/p>\n
Pity the nation whose people are sheep \u2013\u00a0Khalil Gibran, 1933,\u00a0\u201cThe Garden of the Prophet\u201d Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion. Pity the nation that acclaims the bully as hero, and that deems the glittering conqueror bountiful. Pity a nation that despises … Weiterlesen
\nAnd whose shepherds mislead them
\nPity the nation whose leaders are liars
\nWhose sages are silenced
\nAnd whose bigots haunt the airwaves
\nPity the nation that raises not its voice
\nExcept\u00a0 to praise conquerors
\nAnd acclaim the bully as hero
\nAnd aims to rule the world
\nBy force and by torture
\nPity the nation that knows
\nNo other language but its own
\nAnd no other culture but its own
\nPity the nation whose breath is money
\nAnd sleeps the sleep of the too well fed
\nPity the nation oh pity the people
\nwho allow their rights to erode
\nand their freedoms to be washed away
\nMy country, tears of thee
\nSweet land of liberty!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"