AMERICA AND ENGLAND.

Northland Age, Volume 2, Issue 43, 5 June 1906, Page 8

AMERICA AND ENGLAND.

H p<»v. Minot J. Savage. youngest of the nations, Hgjftfown stalwart in the West, Hukrtis back to where each morning ■bd cries, Oh, Mother Country, H \ our ancient pride, ■ml, whate’er ma> befal you, ■ Our place is at your side. Hum are the old traditions ■Of Saxon and of Kelt ; ■ And kneel whore you have knelt. Hour restful country places, ■ Hills, lakes and London town, I And share in their renown. ■our Avon is our Avon ; ■ Song knows no border line ; ■be stars their radiance mingle ■ Which in one heaven shine. Within your ‘ Poet's Corner" ■ Longfellow's gentle grace With all the august shadows ■ Is given a welcome place. ■our mighty men of Science ■ Who ve made the world anew. ■Yansforraing earth and heaven, W Wrought not alone for you. ■rom Newton up to Darwin ■ Each from his truth-built throne, Biods greeting to our homage, I We claim them for our own. bou fought the fight for freedom ■ And taught mankind the creed ; Kong ere our "Declaration" ■ There was a Runnymede. ■We won at Appomattox, I But you had won before ; ■Our Bunker Hill and Yorktown I Look back to Marston Moore. |Our Washington and Linclon I Were of your sturdy stock, ■Cut out of Milton's quarry, I One piece with Cromwell s rock. lOur Pilgrims learned the lesson [ That English means the free. ■nd through the wintry weather J They brought it over sea ! IHere in the West grown mighty, | Though we alone might win. We look back on the Home Land And feel the thrill of kin, Then let us stand together Till over all tne earth Our manhood and our freedom In every land ha* e birth. One vision let us cherish— That as the years increase. We two may teach the nations To love and welcome peace. .But should the war-clouds gather O'er Neva or the Rhine. And should the threatening navies Wheel into silent line— Then, when the peaceful heavens Are darkened by eclipse, May our two lightnungs mingle One thunder from our ships. We need but stand together To hold the world in fee, And to the noblest issues Control the age to be. Then let this glorious vision Along , our pathway gleam. As up the future leads us The Seer’s, the Poet’s dream. One race and one tradition, Ami one high inspiration—