 | A Sonnet Chronicle |  |
43
America to England, Greeting
A message was received by the King from President Roosevelt by Marconi's wireless telegraphy, January 19, 1903.
When from Cape Cod to Cornish Poldhu came
The whisper of man's voice upon the air,
And Britain's king was suddenly made 'ware
That he whom all the States their leader name
Sent cordial greeting—with his electric flame
Troubling the viewless ether—on the stair
That Science builds to God, lo! angels fair
Sang down from heaven to earth their loud acclaim.
The whisper of man's voice upon the air,
And Britain's king was suddenly made 'ware
That he whom all the States their leader name
Sent cordial greeting—with his electric flame
Troubling the viewless ether—on the stair
That Science builds to God, lo! angels fair
Sang down from heaven to earth their loud acclaim.
For now whatever winds may rage and blow,
With clear untroubled voice from out the west
The daughter with the mother shall have speech
And thro' calm air hold commune each with each,
Till heart to heart the Saxon peoples grow,
And all the world from fear of war have rest.
With clear untroubled voice from out the west
The daughter with the mother shall have speech
And thro' calm air hold commune each with each,
Till heart to heart the Saxon peoples grow,
And all the world from fear of war have rest.
| A Sonnet Chronicle | |