What does it mean with regard to tactics, this fact that the proletariat of Western Europe stands all alone: that it has no prospect of any help whatsoever from any other class?

Gorter rapidly followed this up with a book of short lyric poetry simply called "Verzen" ("Verses") in 1890 which after the initial bad reviews was equally hailed as a masterpiece. Herman Gorter (November 26 1864 Wormerveer – September 15 1927 Brussels) was a Dutch poet and socialist. He wrote a massive new epic poem called Pan in 1912 describing the First World War being followed by a global Socialist revolution.