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. + 

Gods of the World! Their mouths are dumb! + 

Your guns have spoken and they are dust. + 

But the shrouded Living, whose hearts were numb, + 

Have felt the beat of a wakening drum + 

Within them sounding⁠—the Dead Men’s tongue⁠— + 

Calling: “Smite off the ancient rust!” + 

Have beheld “Resurrexit,” the word of the Dead, + 

Written⁠—in⁠—red. + 

Bear it aloft, O roaring flame! + 

Skyward aloft, where all may see. + 

Slaves of the World! Our cause is the same; + 

One is the immemorial shame; + 

One is the struggle, and in One name⁠— + 

Manhood⁠—we battle to set men free. + 

“Uncurse us the Land!” burn the words of the Dead, + 

Written⁠—in⁠—red. + 