AN INVOCATION.
| Ernest Neal Lyon.i Spirit of a purer day', Blood-redeemed Liberty. Living in" eternal Way, Hear our bumble litany 1 Heroes, consecrate to thee, Offering a proud devoir, Saw thy immortality Blossom on the held of war. Cannon spoke thy purposes, Saber-strokes thy poem wrought ; Dare we—in our balances, — Estimate the lesson taught? Silently apart we kneel, Scatter roses where !they lie Who for thee and children’s weal Counted it a joy to die ! Starry Spirit, burning bright, Halo all our history ! Reillume our doubtful night,—• Dream and Beacon ever be 1 Like the soul-enkindling fire, Fallen over Pentecost Dying courage reinspire ! 'Form us, —a united host ! When our timid spirits Viewing time-entrenched Wrong. Flash before our eyes," Awake 1 Bum within our hearts, " Be strong Stay our balanced subtleties On the point of facile pen ; Reprint early purposes On the throbbing hearts of men. Thus thy vestal presence ieud, Lighting to the Larger Good, — Till the selfish shadows end In the dawn of Brotherhood I
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 464, 5 July 1902, Page 1
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