1519 was quite significant
Martin Luther was challenging the Pope
This German, so certain, so confident
Was pushing the reformist envelope
A view that would give northern princes hope
Of freedom from Rome, while Hernan Cortes
The Spanish conquistador, threw a rope
Around the neck of Mexico. Aztecs
In Tenochtitlan would soon have regrets
Moctezuma's court began its death pant
Aztecs, Incas strangled. Vainly they groped
But Europe had begun to throw its nets
On Africa; now this new continent
Of America was under its yoke
Mon 1 Nov
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