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IN HONOUR OF AMERICA, 1917; ANTITHESIS TO ROSSETTI'S 'REFUSAL OF AID', by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Not that the earth is changing, o my god! / not that her brave demoracies
Last Line: Our earth holds confident, steadfast, being young.
Alternate Author Name(s): Meynell, Wilfrid, Mrs.; Thompson, Alice Christina
Subject(s): United States; America


NOT that the earth is changing, O my God!
Not that her brave democracies take heart
To share, to rule her treasure, to impart
The wine to those who long the wine-press trod;
Not therefore trust we that beneath Thy nod,
Thy silent benediction, even now
In gratitude so many nations bow,
So many poor: not therefore, O my God!

But because living men for dying man
Go to a million deaths, to deal one blow;
And justice speaks one great compassionate tongue;
And nation unto nation calls "One clan
We succourers are, one tribe!" By this we know
Our earth holds confident, steadfast, being young.





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