And days to years—

And each and every one is filled

With smiles or tears.

Sometimes the skies are over-cast

The live-long Day—

But when the sun shall smile again

Why, who can say!

[Pg 39]

[Pg 39]

COLUMBIA TO SHAKESPEARE

(An Appreciation)

We are gathered here from the ends of the earth,

The children of Teuton and Celt;

The children, too, of Latin and Slav

At Liberty’s shrine have knelt.

America is proud to take

From out of bondage and strife,

And weave them all into one great whole,

These strands of human life.

She’ll dye them all in the self-same red

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