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RADA
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
- TALES OF THE MERMAID TAVERN
- DRAKE
- THE FOREST OF WILD THYME
- FORTY SINGING SEAMEN
- THE ENCHANTED ISLAND
- THE WINE PRESS
RADA
A BELGIAN CHRISTMAS EVE
BY
ALFRED NOYES
WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS AFTER GOYA
METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON
First Published in 1915
DEDICATION
Thou whose deep ways are in the sea,
Whose footsteps are not known,
To-night a world that turned from Thee
Is waiting—at Thy Throne.
Whose footsteps are not known,
To-night a world that turned from Thee
Is waiting—at Thy Throne.
The towering Babels that we raised
Where scoffing sophists brawl,
The little Antichrists we praised—
The night is on them all.
Where scoffing sophists brawl,
The little Antichrists we praised—
The night is on them all.
The fool hath said ... The fool hath said ...
And we, who deemed him wise,
We, who believed that Thou wast dead,
How should we seek Thine eyes?
And we, who deemed him wise,
We, who believed that Thou wast dead,
How should we seek Thine eyes?
How should we seek to Thee for power,
Who scorned Thee yesterday?
How should we kneel in this dread hour?
Lord, teach us how to pray.
[Pg vi]
Who scorned Thee yesterday?
How should we kneel in this dread hour?
Lord, teach us how to pray.
[Pg vi]
Grant us the single heart once more
That mocks no sacred thing,
The Sword of Truth our fathers wore
When Thou wast Lord and King.
That mocks no sacred thing,
The Sword of Truth our fathers wore
When Thou wast Lord and King.
Let darkness unto darkness tell
Our deep unspoken prayer;
For, while our souls in darkness dwell,
We know that Thou art there.
Our deep unspoken prayer;
For, while our souls in darkness dwell,
We know that Thou art there.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| THE BAYONETS | Frontispiece |
| FACING PAGE | |
| OVER THE JAWS OF THE CROWD | 16 |
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