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Written in red their protest stands, For the Gods of the World to see; On the dooming wall their bodiless hands have blazoned 'Upharsin,' and flaring brands Illumine the message: 'Seize the lands! Open the prisons and make men free!' Flame out the living words of the dead Written-in-red.

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