BY JAY WELLER
WHO IS THAT STRANGE
STERN-FACED MAN
THAT ROSE SO QUICKLY
IN THIS GREAT LAND?
WHAT IS THE CALL
OF A NATION DISHONORED
AS THIS BROKEN CREATURE
RENDERS MAD PAUPERS?
AND WHAT BE THE FATE
OF THE POOR TRODDEN SODS
WHO SAY THEY KEEP THEIR GOD
BUT SURRENDER THEIR NAME?
WHAT WILL COME FORTH
ON THAT FINAL DAY
WHEN THE SAINTS ARE LAID WASTE
AND THE PEOPLE INSANE?
WHO LEFT TO SING
THE NEW SONG ROLAND
WHEN THE GLORIOUS DREAM
BECOMES BABYLON?
WHAT WILL COME FORTH
ON THAT FINAL DAY
WHEN THE SAINTS ARE LAID WASTE
AND THE PEOPLE INSANE?