Axis & Allies - damowords

Scramble For Africa
Rhodes brings a lamp to the Dark Continent,
Postpones Europaʹs struggling mastery,
Towards rough pencil marks all borders went,
Ten thousand chieftans hear doomʹs augary;
Zulu, Dinhu,
Mashona & Masai,
Spinuliferous threw sharp spears into the sky.
The French won North‐West Africa
When the Germans took Togo,
British flags swarmʹd into Kenya
As the Belgians claimʹd Congo,
& only bloody Adowa
Saw white faces red glow,
For Abyssinia breaks Italy ‐
Leaving her but Libya & Tripoli.
Few spears are falling on the foe,
Mown down by modern arms,
By diamond glow the rich crops grow
Upon the fertile farms,
Settlers from the Old World set sail seduced by sultry charms.
Cape Town
1885
Victoria
Most rugous, longevous, famous of forms,
Rollʹd slowly midst her Golden Jubilee,
Upon all sides the doting empire swarms
Piloted by her growing family;
Sitting alone
Her banquet shall begin,
The whole world bares the throne of Britainʹs sovereign.
Europaʹs aging grandmother
Attends her garden party,
With crown heads of Romania,
Nippon, Siam, Hawaii,
Plus dashing princes of Persia;
Many‐a‐majesty
Pays homage to the splendour of their Queen ‐
Her three grandsons play polo on the green.
A British crown prince lames the horse
Of a future Kaiser,
His curses coarse, a show of force
From the prince of Russia ‐
Petty is the bickering continuing thro supper...
London
1889