Addresses: by John A. Martin. Delivered in Kansas.Martin, John Alexander
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Addresses: by John A. Martin. Delivered in Kansas.
Martin, John Alexander
Kansas
“Dark hair and fair hair,
Red blood and blue blood,
There shall be mingled;
Force of the ferment
Makes the New Man.
III.
“Them waits the New land;
They shall subdue it,
Leaving their sons’ sons
Space for the body,
Space for the soul.
IV.
“Here shall men grow up
Strong from self-helping;
Eyes for the present
Bring they as eagles’,
Blind to the past.
V.
“They shall make over
Creed, law, and custom;
Driving men, doughty
Builders of empire,
Builders of men.
VI.
“Over the ruin,
See I the promise;
Crisp waves the cornfield,
Peace-walled, the homestead
Waits, open-doored.
VII.
“Here all is all men’s,
Save only Wisdom;
King he that wins her;
Him hail thy helmsmen,
Highest of heart.
VIII.
“Might makes no master
Here any longer;
Sword is not swayer;
Here e’en the gods are
Selfish no more.
IX.
“Walking the New Earth
Lo, a divine One
Greets all men godlike,
Calls them the kindred,
He, the Divine.
X.
“Is it Thor’s hammer
Rays in his right hand?
Weaponless walks he;
It is the White Christ,
Stronger than Thor.
XI.
“Here shall a Nation rise
Mighty in manhood;
Justice and Mercy
Here set a stronghold
Safe without spear.
XII.
“Weak was the Old World,
Wearily war-fenced;
Out of its ashes,
Strong as the morning,
Springeth the New.
XIII.
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