Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1918 — THE WAR WAS PROPHESIED [ARTICLE]

THE WAR WAS PROPHESIED

Every one has heard ofMother Shipton’s prophecy. The following lines, attributed to Mrs. Shipton and written in 1510, have recently come to light: “When pictures look alive with movement free, When ships, like fishes, swim below the sea, When men, outstripping birds, can scour the sky, Then half the world, deep-drench-ed in blood, shall die.”