Memory Poems of War and Love #264940

England To America<br><br>Lo! now I see<br>Thy dear sons play their part,<br>The fair expounding of a theme<br>Nearest thy heart.<br>A living dream<br>Of Liberty.<br><br>Lo! now I know<br>That God has taught thy soul<br>The highest ideals of His Heaven.<br>A starlit goal<br>When thou hast striven<br>Shall healthy woe.<br><br>Lo! now I claim<br>As proudest of my joys<br>I helped the mingling of the blood<br>Which fires thy boys<br>To work this good<br>In Freedom's name.<br><br>New York, April 21, 1918<br>(On Landing)