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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SUSSEX DRINKING SONG by HILAIRE BELLOC CONTRA MORTEM: THE GREAT DEATH by HAYDEN CARRUTH EMERGENCY HAYING by HAYDEN CARRUTH WHAT I'VE BELIEVED IN by JAMES GALVIN THE FLAME LIGHTS UP by DAVID IGNATOW COMPANIONS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON GOOD-BYE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |