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WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
SERBIAN DISTRESS FUND
555 Boylston Street, Boston
1917
Copyright, 1916
BY HELEN LEAH REED
THE PLIMPTON PRESS
NORWOOD MASS USA
_Serbia, valiant daughter of the Ages,
Happiness and light should be thy portion!
Yet thy day is dimmed, thine heart is heavy;
Long hast thou endured--a little longer
Bear thy burden, for a fair tomorrow
Soon will gleam upon thy flower-spread valleys,
Soon will brighten all thy shadowy mountains;
Soon will sparkle on thy foaming torrents
Rushing toward the world beyond thy rivers.
Bulgar, Turk and Magyar long assailed thee.
Now the Teuton's cruel hand is on thee.
Though he break thy heart and rack thy body,
'Tis not his to crush thy lofty spirit.
Serbia cannot die. She lives immortal,
Serbia--all thy loyal men bring comfort
Fighting, fighting, and thy far-flung banner
Blazons to the world thy high endeavor,
--This thy strife for brotherhood and freedom--
Like an air-free bird unknowing bondage,
Soaring far from carnage, smoke and tumult,
Serbia--thy soul shall live forever!
Serbia, undaunted, is immortal!_
Among comparatively recent books in English accessible to the general
reader are:
SERVIA AND THE SERVIANS
_Mijatovich_--L. C. Page Co.
THE SERVIAN PEOPLE
_Lazarovich-Hrebelianovich_, 2 vols.--Scribners
SERVIA BY THE SERVIANS
_Alfred Stead_--Heinemann
THE SLAV NATIONS
_Tucic_--Hodder and Stoughton
SERBIA, HER PEOPLE, HISTORY AND ASPIRATIONS
_Petrovitch_--Stokes
THE STORY OF SERVIA
_Church_--Kelly
HERO-TALES AND LEGENDS OF THE SERBIANS
_Petrovitch_--Harrap and Co.
WITH SERBIA INTO EXILE
_Fortier Jones_--The Century Company