Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FRANCES E. WILLARD, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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First Line: Spirit of warmth and light!
Last Line: New-consecrated now!
Subject(s): Willard, Frances Elizabeth (1839-1898)


Spirit of warmth and light!
Spirit of grace and good!
Queen of our land by deepest right,
Her regal womanhood!

Rich is the after-world,
Poor is the earth to-day,
Yet, with her memory impearled,
A wealthier world for aye;
Happy because we knew
The quaintness of her smile,
Through her white life, so dauntless true,
Freer ourselves from guile.

Eager we write her name
Upon the temple dome, --
None have more nobly garnered fame, --
High priestess of the home!

Gazing from happy skies
Back to these earth-bound tents,
We know what tribute she will prize
Above all monuments;

Beside her bier we stand
And reverently bow,
"To God and home and every land"
New-consecrated now!





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