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To Spain
By José Zorrilla y Moral (18171893)
M
Many a stream of brother’s blood been poured;
Many a hero brave hath found his bed
In thy deep sepulchres, how richly stored!
How often have they throbbed to overflow!
But always bent upon some crimsoned field,
They could not even weep for blood and woe.
Yon smiling flowers, yon forests old and brave,
Yon growing harvests sleeping on earth’s breast,
Yon banners green that o’er our valleys wave.
In love and peace our battles let us end;
Nay, more, let us forget our victories,—
Be ours one land, one banner to defend!