Chapter 23 ARMENIA

First of the Christian nations; the first of us all to feel

The fire of infidel hatred, the weight of the pagan heel;

Faithfullest down the ages tending the light that burned,

Tortured and trodden therefore, spat on and slain and spurned;

Branded for others' vices, robbed of your rightful fame,

Clinging to Truth in a truthless land i