By the Sea, and Other Verses

<h2><SPAN name="RECALL" id="RECALL">RECALL</SPAN></h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Put up thy sword, O Nation, grand and strong!<br/></span> <span class="i2">Call in thy fleet-winged missiles from the sea;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Art thou not great enough to suffer wrong,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Land of the brave, the freest of the free?<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Put up thy sword. 'Tis nobler to endure<br/></span> <span class="i2">Than to avenge thee at another's cost;<br/></span> <span class="i0">And while thy claim and purpose are made sure,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Behold that other's life and honor lost.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Put up thy sword. It hath not hushed the cry<br/></span> <span class="i2">That called it all too rashly from its sheath;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Still o'er the fated isle her children lie<br/></span> <span class="i2">And find surcease from anguish but in death.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Put up thy sword, O Country, strong and free,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Let strife and avarice and oppression cease;<br/></span> <span class="i0">So shall the world thy Star of Empire see<br/></span> <span class="i2">Resplendent o'er the heaven-touched hills of Peace.<br/></span></div> </div> <hr class="chap" /><p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[Pg 54]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />