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1899 · PDF PAGE 4

An Appeal to the American Republic

…. The fire of love no waters shall devour ; The faith of friendship stands the shocks of time ; Seal with your voice the triumph of this hour, Your glory to our glory and our power, Alliance of one tongue, one faith, one clime ! Seal and clasp hands ; and let the sea proclaim Friendship of righteous fame, And lordship of two worlds that time can never tame. Stoop not and tender not an hour’s regret For those wild words in trivial anger passed : Forget your fools, as we their words forget, And join our worlds in one amazing net Of empire and dom…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 7

An Appeal to the American Republic

…urned the power That bound the islands of your eastern shore ; Ye have restored to freedom that fair flower, Cuba, in her most agonising hour, And east and west have thundered with red war. We freed us from the slavery of Spain, And laid upon the main Our hand three centuries back—and ye have struck again. 5

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