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The year of shame by William Watson

With an introduction by the Bishop of Hereford

Watson, William (1858-1935)

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VIII
ENGLAND TO AMERICA

O towering daughter, Titan of the West,
Behind a thousand leagues of foam secure;
Thou toward whom our inmost heart is pure
Of ill intent: although thou threatenest
With most unfilial hand thy mother's breast,
Not for one breathing-space may Earth endure
The thought of War's intolerable cure
For such vague pains as vex to-day thy rest!
But if thou hast more strength than thou canst spend

In tasks of Peace, and find'st her yoke too tame,
Help us to smite the cruel, to befriend
The succourless, and put the false to shame.
So shall the ages laud thee, and thy name
Be lovely among nations to the end.

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VIII ENGLAND TO AMERICA

VIII
ENGLAND TO AMERICA