Omdurman

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Omdurman
ARMY of ghouls, defilers of the tomb!
 Since king and clergy rent the rotting clay
 Of England's greatest ruler, has the day
Beheld a loathlier crime? Beneath that dome
Lay a brave Nubian Cromwell; one, of whom
 The prophets—David, Solomon—might say,
 "He is our brother who have passed away;
Receive and do him honor in our room."
Remember, if in days that come apace
 You see the rabble's devastating lust
Snatch from her sepulcher before your face
 Your gray-haired queen and drag her in the dust—
Remember, while you blanch at such a doom,
Her lords and gentlemen before Khartoum.