Welcome, Brazilian brother -- thy ample place is ready; A loving hand -- a smile from the north -- a sunny instant hail! (Let the future care for itself, where it reveals its troubles, impedimentas, Ours, ours the present throe, the democratic aim, the acceptance and the faith;) To thee to-day our reaching arm, our turning neck -- to thee from us the expectant eye, Thou cluster free! thou brilliant lustrous one! thou, learning well, The true lesson of a nation's light in the sky, (More shining than the Cross, more than the Crown,) The height to be superb humanity. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONG OF KAREN, THE DANCING CHILD by KATHERINE MANSFIELD WHITE NOCTURNE by CONRAD AIKEN AFTER TWO YEARS by RICHARD ALDINGTON CAROL: NEW STYLE by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ON BRODSKY'S COLLECTED by MICHAEL S. HARPER |