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 "poet": "Voltairine de Cleyre",
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   {
    "text": "Written in red their protest stands,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "For the Gods of the World to see;",
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   },
   {
    "text": "On the dooming wall their bodiless hands",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Have blazoned “Upharsin,” and flaring brands",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Illumine the message: “Seize the lands!",
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   {
    "text": "Open the prisons and make men free!”",
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   {
    "text": "Flame out the living words of the dead",
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    "text": "Written⁠—in⁠—red.",
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   {
    "text": "Gods of the World! Their mouths are dumb!",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Your guns have spoken and they are dust.",
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   {
    "text": "But the shrouded Living, whose hearts were numb,",
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   {
    "text": "Have felt the beat of a wakening drum",
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   {
    "text": "Within them sounding⁠—the Dead Men’s tongue⁠—",
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   {
    "text": "Calling: “Smite off the ancient rust!”",
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   {
    "text": "Have beheld “Resurrexit,” the word of the Dead,",
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    "text": "Written⁠—in⁠—red.",
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   {
    "text": "Bear it aloft, O roaring flame!",
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   {
    "text": "Skyward aloft, where all may see.",
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   {
    "text": "Slaves of the World! Our cause is the same;",
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   {
    "text": "One is the immemorial shame;",
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   {
    "text": "One is the struggle, and in One name⁠—",
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   {
    "text": "Manhood⁠—we battle to set men free.",
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   {
    "text": "“Uncurse us the Land!” burn the words of the Dead,",
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    "text": "Written⁠—in⁠—red.",
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