. The poetical works of Edmund Clarence Stedman. beholdGleams of the heavenly city walled with gold ! ALICE OF MONMOUTH. 141 5. Daughter, the man replied, (his face was brightWith the effulgent reflex of that light,)w The time shall come, by merciful Heaven willed,When these celestial omens shall be fulfilled,Our strife be closed and the nation purged of sin,And a pure and holier union shall begin ;And a jarring race be drawn, throughout the land,Into new brotherhood by some strong hand;And the baneful glow and splendor of war shall fadeIn the whiter light of love, that, from sea to sea,Shall
. The poetical works of Edmund Clarence Stedman. beholdGleams of the heavenly city walled with gold ! ALICE OF MONMOUTH. 141 5. Daughter, the man replied, (his face was brightWith the effulgent reflex of that light,)w The time shall come, by merciful Heaven willed,When these celestial omens shall be fulfilled,Our strife be closed and the nation purged of sin,And a pure and holier union shall begin ;And a jarring race be drawn, throughout the land,Into new brotherhood by some strong hand;And the baneful glow and splendor of war shall fadeIn the whiter light of love, that, from sea to sea,Shall soften the rage of hosts in arms arrayed,And melt into share and shaft each battle-blade,And brighten the hopes of a people great and , in the story told of a nations woes,Of the sacrifices made for a centurys fault,The fames of fallen heroes shall ever shine,Serene, and high, and crystalline as thoseFair stars, which reappear in yonder vault;In the countrys heart their written names shall be,Like that of a single one in mine and MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
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