When North and South, with purpose strong To rout the evil, right the wrong, For Cuba's liberty combined And fought with single might and mind, Then not alone the Spaniard fell, But our internal foe as well, -- The long distrust of North and South, Born at the cannon's foaming mouth; At once we set the Cuban free, And bound ourselves in unity. And thus, O churches sadly rent From that One Church our Master meant, 'Tis thus our union will return, When holy fires within us burn, When, free ourselves, we long to make Our brothers free for Jesus' sake, When bold reforms and missions seize On all our living sympathies; Thus joined to wage a goodly fight, Thus, and thus only, we'll unite. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A LOVER'S QUARREL by ROBERT BROWNING DISDAIN RETURNED by THOMAS CAREW DAUGHTERS OF WAR by ISAAC ROSENBERG HAUNTED by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH DIRGE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE CANTERBURY TALES: THE MAN OF LAW'S TALE - THE EPILOGUE by GEOFFREY CHAUCER |