Part 41 (1/2)

O cleansing indignation, O flame of righteous wrath, Give me a soul to feel thee and follow in thy path!

Save me from selfish virtue, arm me for fearless fight, And give me strength to carry on, a soldier of the Right!

January, 1918.

THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR

I have no joy in strife, Peace is my great desire; Yet G.o.d forbid I lose my life Through fear to face the fire.

A peaceful man must fight For that which peace demands,-- Freedom and faith, honor and right, Defend with heart and hands.

Farewell, my friendly books; Farewell, ye woods and streams; The fate that calls me forward looks To a duty beyond dreams.

Oh, better to be dead With a face turned to the sky, Than live beneath a slavish dread And serve a giant lie.

Stand up, my heart, and strive For the things most dear to thee!

Why should we care to be alive Unless the world is free?

May, 1918.

FROM GLORY UNTO GLORY

AMERICAN FLAG SONG

1776

O dark the night and dim the day When first our flag arose; It fluttered bravely in the fray To meet o'erwhelming foes.

Our fathers saw the splendor s.h.i.+ne, They dared and suffered all; They won our freedom by the sign-- The holy sign, the radiant sign-- Of the stars that never fall.

_Chorus_

All hail to thee, Young Glory!

Among the flags of earth We'll ne'er forget the story Of thy heroic birth.

1861

O wild the later storm that shook The pillars of the State, When brother against brother took The final arms of fate.

But union lived and peace divine Enfolded brothers all; The flag floats o'er them with the sign-- The loyal sign, the equal sign-- Of the stars that never fall.

_Chorus_

All hail to thee, Old Glory!