Chapter I

Behold! we have gathered together our battleships near and afar;
Their decks they are cleared for action, their guns they are shotted
for war:
From the East to the West there is hurry, in the North and the South
a peal
Of hammers in fort and shipyard, and the clamor and clang of steel;
And the roar and the rush of engines, and clanking of derrick and
crane--
Thou art weighed in the Scales and found wanting, the balance of God,
O Spain!