This is Crowley's poetic response to Mussolini and Italy at the time of Italy's invasion of Corfu. Contains poems "Resurgam et Libertas", "The Eruption of Aetna", "Tyrol" in English and in Italian, "The Gambler's Last Throw", "Inferno", "The Massacre of the Innocents", "Peaceful and Temporary", "The Plague Carrier", "Straddling the Ante" and 5 amusing Epigrams ("How practical to wear a shirt whose colour will not show the dirt"). Also includes international press extracts, expressing outrage at Italy's action.