HIS was another race than mine Another faith, from which mine sprung: He traced his lineage by another line, And gained his manhood in another tongue. Yet when he sought our common sky, And breathed the welcome of its air, His soul rose up, as eagles fly, To the full heights of manhood there. Oh, Brother ours! whose life has beamed With faith in God, with love of man, Through which thy patriot virtues streamed To bless and aid our noble land. I stand to-day beside thy bier, To own thy brotherhood divine, And proudly claim with many a tear, That Israel's God is thine and mine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OF A FAIR LADY PLAYING WITH A SNAKE by EDMUND WALLER THE TENT ON THE BEACH: 2. THE WRECK OF RIVERMOUTH by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH MIDNIGHT THOUGHTS by LUCY AIKEN GRATITUDE by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |