Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BEACON LIGHT, by MURRAY KETCHAM KIRK


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THE BEACON LIGHT, by                    
First Line: In the gray dim light where time is not
Last Line: Protect this land that is your own.
Subject(s): Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)


In the gray dim light where Time is not,
Where star dust falls and dreams arise,
A fearless soul winged its earthward flight
And clove the space that veils the skies

When His mighty plan unfolded slow
And the rage of battle shook the world—
When the seas were strewn with wrecks and blood
And the flags of Right were almost furled—
A voice rang out through the night of flame
That wrapped the earth where death light shone,
And called to men, to awake, to fight,
To pledge their lives to protect their own,
From sunlit plains in the golden West
Where tall grass creeps to the river's side,
From snowhung pines to the purple gulf
The nation rose like a human tide.

In that twilight realm where star-dust falls,
That fearless soul stands guard alone;
While his message flames, a beacon light;
Protect this land that is your own.





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