. Peace and patriotism; selections from poetry and prose. y in Heavens light,A pillar of fire by night. At oceans gate I standNor bend the knee. The dark Earth lay in children crouched forlorn, Ere on the western steepI sprang to height, reborn: Then what a joyous shout The quickened lands gave out, And all the choir of morn Sang anthems deep. 44 PEACE AND PATRIOTISM Beneath yon firmament,The New World to the Old My sword and summons sent,My azure flag unrolled: The Old Worlds hands renew Their strength; the form ye viewCame from a living mouldIn glory blent. 0 ye, whose broken spars
. Peace and patriotism; selections from poetry and prose. y in Heavens light,A pillar of fire by night. At oceans gate I standNor bend the knee. The dark Earth lay in children crouched forlorn, Ere on the western steepI sprang to height, reborn: Then what a joyous shout The quickened lands gave out, And all the choir of morn Sang anthems deep. 44 PEACE AND PATRIOTISM Beneath yon firmament,The New World to the Old My sword and summons sent,My azure flag unrolled: The Old Worlds hands renew Their strength; the form ye viewCame from a living mouldIn glory blent. 0 ye, whose broken sparsTell of the storms ye met, Enter! fear not the barsAcross your pathway set; Enter at Freedoms porch, For you I lift my torch,For you my coronetIs rayed with stars. But ye that hither draw To desecrate my fee,Nor yet have held in awe The justice that makes free, —Avaunt, ye darkling brood!By Right my house hath stood: My name is Liberty,My throne is Law. 0 wonderful and Freedom, hail! Front, in thy fiery might,The midnight and the gale;. Liberty Enlightening the World. PATRIOTISM 45 Undaunted on this baseGuard well thy dwelling-place:Till the last sun grow paleLet there be light! UNMANIFEST DESTINYRichard Hovey To what new fates, my country, farAnd unforeseen of foe or friend, Beneath what unexpected star,Compelled to what unchosen end, Across the sea that knows no beachThe Admiral of Nations guides Thy blind obedient keels to reachThe harbor where thy future rides! The guns that spoke at Lexington Knew not that God was planning then The trumpet word of JeffersonTo bugle forth the rights of men. To them that wept and cursed Bull Rim,What was it but despair and shame? Who saw behind the cloud the sun?Who knew that God was in the flame? Had not defeat upon defeat,Disaster on disaster come. 46 PEACE AND PATRIOTISM The slaves emancipated feetHad never marched behind the drum. There is a Hand that bends our deedsTo mightier issues than we planned, Each son that triu
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