Edmund Vance Cooke

“ Where the red and white flag of Bohemia floats.
These men of the race of the Slovak and Czech;
Hats off in salute for the heroes they are!
Each stands to his gun with a noose on his neck.
More honored by that than by ribbon-and-star.
They have sworn by the prowess of Ziska the brave
That the land of a Huss shall not harbor a slave,
That the people shall rule by the people’s own votes
Where the red and white flag of Bohemia floats. ”