Mercy for Armenia + 

Stand back, ye messengers of mercy! Stand + 

Far off, for I will save my troubled folk + 

In my own way. So the false Sultan spoke; + 

And Europe, hearkening to his base command, + 

Stood still to see him heal his wounded land. + 

Through blinding snows of winter and through smoke + 

Of burning towns, she saw him deal the stroke + 

Of cruel mercy that his hate had planned. + 

Unto the prisoners and the sick he gave + 

New tortures, horrible, without a name; + 

Unto the thirsty, blood to drink; a sword + 

Unto the hungry; with a robe of shame + 

He clad the naked, making life abhorred; + 

He saved by slaughter, and denied a grave. + 

But thou, my country, though no fault be thine + 

For that red horror far across the sea; + 

Though not a tortured wretch can point to thee, + 

And curse thee for the selfishness supine + 

Of those great Powers that cowardly combine + 

To shield the Turk in his iniquity; + 

Yet, since thy hand is innocent and free, + 

Arise, and show the world the way divine! + 

Thou canst not break the oppressor’s iron rod, + 

But thou canst help and comfort the oppressed; + 

Thou canst not loose the captive’s heavy chain, + 

But thou canst bind his wounds and soothe his pain. + 

Armenia calls thee, Sovereign of the West, + 

To play the Good Samaritan for God. + 