RIVER of Plenty and the Peace of God -- Of all His streams the chosen since His feet By thy round cliffs our new-world beauty trod -- (Eldest of all our soil His face to greet:) Rejoice anew, O River of the Heart, To have in human glory such a part! From out the heights of Fame's diviner air Unto his kind this message and this call: @3Labor is Happiness and Hope and Prayer; There is no Progress but the good of all; Of every bondage Love is the release, Nor less with Time God's Plenty and His Peace.@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LITTLE PEOPLES by CLAUDE MCKAY IN A BREATH; TO THE WILLIAMSON BROTHERS by CARL SANDBURG PORTRAIT OF A MACHINE by LOUIS UNTERMEYER PASTEL by MARSDON GILFORD ALBRITTON HILLS by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE |