GREAT were the hearts, and strong the minds, Of those who framed, in high debate, The immortal league of love that binds ' Our fair broad empire, state with state. And ever hallowed be the hour, When, as the auspicious task was done, A nation's gift, the sword of power, Was given to glory's unspoiled son. That noble race is gone; the suns . Of fifty years have risen and set; The holy links those mighty ones Had forged and knit, are brighter yet. Wide-as our own free race increase Wide shall it stretch the elastic chain, And bind, in everlasting peace, State after state, a mighty train. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE RETURNED GIRLS by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS ADVENTURE ON THE WINGS OF MORNING by RACHEL ALBRIGHT LOVE'S WISDOM by ALFRED AUSTIN COLORED HEROES, HARK THE BUGLE; POLITICAL by ROBERT CHARLES O'HARA BENJAMIN THE WANDERER: 1. IN ITALY: DESIRE by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON SPRING GLADNESS by JOHN BURROUGHS |