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diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6833f05 --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +* text=auto +*.txt text +*.md text diff --git a/20123-8.txt b/20123-8.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5fbac06 --- /dev/null +++ b/20123-8.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1060 @@ +The Project Gutenberg eBook, Golden Stars, by Henry Van Dyke + + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + + + + +Title: Golden Stars + And Other Verses Following "The Red Flower" + + +Author: Henry Van Dyke + + + +Release Date: December 16, 2006 [eBook #20123] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GOLDEN STARS*** + + +E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Labyrinths, and the Project +Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/) + + + +GOLDEN STARS + +by + +HENRY VAN DYKE + + + + * * * * * * + + + The Valley of Vision + Fighting for Peace + The Unknown Quantity + The Ruling Passion + The Blue Flower + + Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land + Days Off + Little Rivers + Fisherman's Luck + + Poems, Collection in one volume + + Golden Stars + The Red Flower + The Grand Canyon, and Other Poems + The White Bees, and Other Poems + The Builders, and Other Poems + Music, and Other Poems + The Toiling of Felix, and Other Poems + The House of Rimmon + + CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS + + + + * * * * * * + + + +GOLDEN STARS + +And Other Verses Following "The Red Flower" + +by + +HENRY VAN DYKE + + + + + + + +New York +Charles Scribner's Sons +1919 +Copyright, 1918, 1919, by Charles Scribner's Sons +Published February, 1919 +Copyright, 1918, By the Outlook Company +Copyright, 1918, By the New York Herald Co. +Copyright, 1917, By New York Times Co. +Copyright, 1918, By New York Tribune, Inc. +Copyright, 1917, By Land & Water Pub. Co. +Copyright, 1918, By the Public Ledger +Copyright, 1918, By the Press Publishing Co. + + + +[Illustration] + + + + +NOTE + +The only reason for printing this little book is that many people have +expressed a desire to have the memorial poem, "Golden Stars," in a +permanent form. + +The other verses are included simply because they are a wayside record +of some of the varied feelings of an old lover of peace who was willing +to fight for it,--feelings which may find a response in other American +hearts. + +Henry van Dyke. +Avalon, January 6, 1919. + + + + +CONTENTS + + PAGE + The Peaceful Warrior 3 + The Winds of War-News 4 + Righteous Wrath 5 + Facta non Verba 6 + From Glory unto Glory 7 + Signs of the Zodiac 10 + Britain, France, America 13 + The Red Cross 14 + Easter Road, 1918 15 + America's Welcome Home 17 + The Surrender of the German Fleet 19 + Golden Stars 21 + + + + +THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR + + +I have no joy in strife, + Peace is my great desire; +Yet God forbid I lose my life + Through fear to face the fire. + +A peaceful man must fight + For that which peace demands,-- +Freedom and faith, honor and right, + Defend with heart and hands. + +Farewell, my friendly books; + Farewell, ye woods and streams; +The fate that calls me forward looks + To a duty beyond dreams. + +Oh, better to be dead + With a face turned to the sky, +Than live beneath a slavish dread + And serve a giant lie. + +Stand up, my heart, and strive + For the things most dear to thee! +Why should we care to be alive + Unless the world is free? + +May, 1918. + + + + +THE WINDS OF WAR-NEWS + + +The winds of war-news change and veer +Now westerly and full of cheer, +Now easterly, depressing, sour +With tidings of the Teutons' power. + +But thou, America, whose heart +With brave Allies has taken part, +Be not a weathercock to change +With these wild winds that shift and range. + +Be thou a compass ever true, +Through sullen clouds or skies of blue, +To that great star which rules the night,-- +The star of Liberty and Right. + +Lover of peace, oh set thy soul, +Thy strength, thy wealth, thy conscience whole, +To win the peace thine eyes foresee,-- +The triumph of Democracy. + +December 19, 1917. + + + + +RIGHTEOUS WRATH + + +There are many kinds of hatred, as many kinds of fire; +And some are fierce and fatal with murderous desire; +And some are mean and craven, revengeful, sullen, slow, +They hurt the man that holds them more than they hurt his foe. + +And yet there is a hatred that purifies the heart: +The anger of the better against the baser part, +Against the false and wicked, against the tyrant's sword, +Against the enemies of love, and all that hate the Lord. + +O cleansing indignation, O flame of righteous wrath, +Give me a soul to feel thee and follow in thy path! +Save me from selfish virtue, arm me for fearless fight, +And give me strength to carry on, a soldier of the Right! + +January, 1918. + + + + +_FACTA NON VERBA_ + + +_Deeds not Words_: I say so too! +And yet I find it somehow true, +A word may help a man in need, +To nobler act and braver deed. + + + + +FROM GLORY UNTO GLORY + +American Flag Song + + +I + +O dark the night and dim the day + When first our flag arose; +It fluttered bravely in the fray + To meet o'erwhelming foes. +Our fathers saw the splendor shine, + They dared and suffered all; +They won our freedom by the sign-- +The holy sign, the radiant sign-- + Of the stars that never fall. + +_Chorus_ + +All hail to thee, Young Glory! + Among the flags of earth +We'll ne'er forget the story + Of thy heroic birth. + +II + +O wild the later storm that shook + The pillars of the State, +When brother against brother took + The final arms of fate. +But union lived and peace divine + Enfolded brothers all; +The flag floats o'er them with the sign-- +The loyal sign, the equal sign-- + Of the stars that never fall. + +_Chorus_ + +All hail to thee, Old Glory! + Of thee our heart's desire +Foretells a golden story, + For thou hast come through fire. + +III + +O fiercer than all wars before + That raged on land or sea, +The Giant Robber's world-wide war + For the things that shall not be! +Thy sister banners hold the line; + To thee, dear flag, they call; +And thou hast joined them with the sign-- +The heavenly sign, the victor sign-- + Of the stars that never fall. + +_Chorus_ + +All hail to thee, New Glory! + We follow thee unfurled +To write the larger story + Of Freedom for the World. + +September 4, 1918. + + + + +SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC + + +Who knows how many thousand years ago +The twelvefold Zodiac was made to show +The course of stars above and men below? + +The great sun plows his furrow by its "lines": +From all its "houses" mystic meaning shines: +Deep lore of life is written in its "signs." + + _Aries_--Sacrifice. + +Snow-white and sacred is the sacrifice +That Heaven demands for what our heart doth prize: +The man who fears to suffer, ne'er can rise. + + _Taurus_--Strength. + +Rejoice, my friend, if God has made you strong: +Put forth your force to move the world along: +Yet never shame your strength to do a wrong. + + _Gemini_--Brotherhood. + +Bitter his life who lives for self alone, +Poor would he be with riches and a throne: +But friendship doubles all we are and own. + + _Cancer_--The Wisdom of Retreat. + +Learn from the crab, O runner fresh and fleet, +Sideways to move, or backward, when discreet; +Life is not all advance,--sometimes retreat! + + _Leo_--Fire. + +The sign of Leo is the sign of fire. +Hatred we hate: but no man should desire +A heart too cold to flame with righteous ire. + + _Virgo_--Love. + +Mysterious symbol, words are all in vain +To tell the secret power by which you reign, +The more we love, the less we can explain. + + _Libra_--Justice. + +Examine well the scales with which you weigh; +Let justice rule your conduct every day; +For when you face the Judge you'll need fair play + + _Scorpio_--Self-Defense. + +There's not a creature in the realm of night +But has the wish to live, likewise the right: +Don't tread upon the scorpion, or he'll fight. + + _Sagittarius_--The Archer. + +Life is an arrow, therefore you must know +What mark to aim at, how to use the bow,-- +Then draw it to the head and let it go! + + _Capricornus_--The Goat. + +The goat looks solemn, yet he likes to run, +And leap the rocks, and gambol in the sun: +The truly wise enjoy a little fun. + + _Aquarius_--Water. + +"Like water spilt upon the ground,"--alas, +Our little lives flow swiftly on and pass; +Yet may they bring rich harvests and green grass! + + _Pisces_--The Fishes. + +Last of the sacred signs, ye bring to me +A word of hope, a word of mystery,-- +We all are swimmers in God's mighty sea. + +February 28. 1918. + + + + +BRITAIN, FRANCE, AMERICA + + +The rough expanse of democratic sea +Which parts the lands that live by liberty +Is no division; for their hearts are one. +To fight together till their cause is won. + +For land and water let us make our pact, +And seal the solemn word with valiant act: +No continent is firm, no ocean pure, +Until on both the rights of man are sure. + +April, 1917. + + + + +THE RED CROSS + + +Sign of the Love Divine + That bends to bear the load +Of all who suffer, all who bleed, + Along life's thorny road: + +Sign of the Heart Humane, + That through the darkest fight +Would bring to wounded friend and foe + A ministry of light: + +O dear and holy sign, + Lead onward like a star! +The armies of the just are thine, + And all we have and are. + +October 20, 1918, +for the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call. + + + + +EASTER ROAD + +1918 + + +Under the cloud of world-wide war, +While earth is drenched with sorrow, +I have no heart for idle merrymaking, +Or for the fashioning of glad raiment.-- +I will retrace the divine footmarks, +On the Road of the first Easter + +Down through the valley of utter darkness +Dripping with blood and tears; +Over the hill of the skull, the little hill of great anguish, +The ambuscade of Death. +Into the no-man's-land of Hades +Bearing despatches of hope to spirits in prison, +Mortally stricken and triumphant +Went the faithful Captain of Salvation. + +Then upward, swiftly upward,-- +Victory, liberty, glory, +The feet that were wounded walked in the tranquil garden, +Bathed in dew and the light of deathless dawn. +O my soul, my comrades, soldiers of freedom, +Follow the pathway of Easter, for there is no other, +Follow it through to peace, yea, follow it fighting. + +This Armageddon is not darker than Calvary. +The day will break when the Dragon is vanquished; +He that exalteth himself as God shall be cast down, +And the Lords of war shall fall, +And the long, long terror be ended, +Victory, justice, peace enduring! +They that die in this cause shall live forever, +And they that live shall never die, +They shall rejoice together in the Easter of a new world. + +March 31, 1918. + + + + +AMERICA'S WELCOME HOME + + +Oh, gallantly they fared forth in khaki and in blue, +America's crusading host of warriors bold and true; +They battled for the rights of man beside our brave Allies, +And now they're coming home to us with glory in their eyes. + + _Oh, it's home again, and home again, America for me! + Our hearts are turning home again and there we long to be, + In our beautiful big country beyond the ocean bars, + Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars._ + +Our boys have seen the Old World as none have seen before. +They know the grisly horror of the German gods of war: +The noble faith of Britain and the hero-heart of France, +The soul of Belgium's fortitude and Italy's romance. + +They bore our country's great word across the rolling sea, +"America swears brotherhood with all the just and free." +They wrote that word victorious on fields of mortal strife, +And many a valiant lad was proud to seal it with his life. + +Oh, welcome home in Heaven's peace, dear spirits of the dead! +And welcome home ye living sons America hath bred! +The lords of war are beaten down, your glorious task is done; +You fought to make the whole world free, and the victory is won. + + _Now it's home again, and home again, our hearts are turning west, + Of all the lands beneath the sun America is best. + We're going home to our own folks, beyond the ocean bars, + Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars._ + +November 11, 1918. +A sequel to "America For Me," written in 1909. + + + + +THE SURRENDER OF THE GERMAN FLEET + + +Ship after ship, and every one with a high-resounding name, +From the robber-nest of Heligoland the German war-fleet came; +Not victory or death they sought, but a rendezvous of shame. + + _Sing out, sing out, + A joyful shout, + Ye lovers of the sea! + The "Kaiser" and the "Kaiserin," + The "König" and the "Prinz," + The potentates of piracy, + Are coming to surrender, + And the ocean shall be free._ + +They never dared the final fate of battle on the blue; +Their sea-wolves murdered merchantmen and mocked the drowning crew; +They stained the wave with martyr-blood,--but we sent our transports + through! + +What flags are these that dumbly droop from the gaff o' the mainmast tall? +The black of the Kaiser's iron cross, the red of the Empire's fall! +Come down, come down, ye pirate flags. Yea, strike your colors all. + +The Union Jack and the Tricolor and the Starry Flag o' the West +Shall guard the fruit of Freedom's war and the victory confest, +The flags of the brave and just and free shall rule on the ocean's breast. + + _Sing out, sing out, + A mighty shout, + Ye lovers of the sea! + The "Kaiser" and the "Kaiserin," + The "König" and the "Prinz" + The robber-lords of death and sin, + Have come to their surrender, + And the ocean shall be free!_ + +November 20, 1918. + + + + +GOLDEN STARS + + +I + +It was my lot of late to travel far +Through all America's domain, +A willing, grey-haired servitor +Bearing the Fiery Cross of righteous war. +And everywhere, on mountain, vale and plain, +In crowded street and lonely cottage door, +I saw the symbol of the bright blue star. +Millions of stars! Rejoice, dear land, rejoice +That God hath made thee great enough to give +Beneath thy starry flag unfurled +A gift to all the world,-- +Thy living sons that Liberty might live. + +II + +It seems but yesterday they sallied forth +Boys of the east, the west, the south, the north, +High-hearted, keen, with laughter and with song, +Fearless of lurking danger on the sea, +Eager to fight in Flanders or in France +Against the monstrous German wrong, +And sure of victory! +Brothers in soul with British and with French +They held their ground in many a bloody trench; +And when the swift word came-- +_Advance!_ +Over the top they went through waves of flame,-- +Confident, reckless, irresistible, +Real Americans,-- +Their rush was never stayed +Until the foe fell back, defeated and dismayed. +O land that bore them, write upon thy roll +Of battles won +To liberate the human soul, +Château Thierry and Saint Mihiel +And the fierce agony of the Argonne; +Yea, count among thy little rivers, dear +Because of friends whose feet have trodden there, +The Marne, the Meuse, and the Moselle. + +III + +Now the vile sword +In Potsdam forged and bathed in hell, +Is beaten down, the victory given +To the sword forged in faith and bathed in heaven. +Now home again our heroes come: +Oh, welcome them with bugle and with drum, +Ring bells, blow whistles, make a joyful noise +Unto the Lord, +And welcome home our blue-star boys, +Whose manhood has made known +To all the world America, +Unselfish, brave and free, the Great Republic, +Who lives not to herself alone. + +IV + +But many a lad we hold +Dear in our heart of hearts +Is missing from the home-returning host. +Ah, say not they are lost, +For they have found and given their life +In sacrificial strife: +Their service stars have changed from blue to gold! +That sudden rapture took them far away, +Yet are they here with us today, +Even as the heavenly stars we cannot see +Through the bright veil of sunlight +Shed their influence still +On our vexed life, and promise peace +From God to all men of good will. + +V + +What wreaths shall we entwine +For our dear boys to deck their holy shrine? + Mountain-laurel, morning-glory, + Goldenrod and asters blue, + Purple loosestrife, prince's-pine, + Wild-azalea, meadow-rue, + Nodding-lilies, columbine,-- +All the native blooms that grew +In these fresh woods and pastures new, +Wherein they loved to ramble and to play. +Bring no exotic flowers: +America was in their hearts, +And they are ours +For ever and a day. + +VI + +O happy warriors, forgive the tear + Falling from eyes that miss you; +Forgive the word of grief from mother-lips + That ne'er on earth shall kiss you; +Hear only what our hearts would have you hear,-- +Glory and praise and gratitude and pride +From the dear country in whose cause you died. +Now you have run your race and won your prize, +Old age shall never burden you, the fears +And conflicts that beset our lingering years +Shall never vex your souls in Paradise. +Immortal, young, and crowned with victory, +From life's long battle you have found release. + And He who died for all on Calvary +Has welcomed you, brave soldiers of the cross, + Into eternal Peace. + +VII + +Come, let us gird our loins and lift our load, +Companions who are left on life's rough road, +And bravely take the way that we must tread +To keep true faith with our beloved dead. +To conquer war they dared their lives to give, +To safeguard peace our hearts must learn to live. +Help us, dear God, our forward faith to hold! +We want a better world than that of old. +Lead us on paths of high endeavor, +Toiling upward, climbing ever, +Ready to suffer for the right, +Until at last we gain a loftier height, +More worthy to behold +Our guiding stars, our hero-stars of gold. + +Ode for the Memorial Service, +Princeton University, December 15, 1918. + + + +***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GOLDEN STARS*** + + +******* This file should be named 20123-8.txt or 20123-8.zip ******* + + +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: +http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/0/1/2/20123 + + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at <a href = "http://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a></pre> +<p class="pg">Title: Golden Stars</p> +<p class="pg"> And Other Verses Following "The Red Flower"</p> +<p class="pg">Author: Henry Van Dyke</p> +<p class="pg">Release Date: December 16, 2006 [eBook #20123]</p> +<p class="pg">Language: English</p> +<p class="pg">Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1</p> +<p class="pg">***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GOLDEN STARS***</p> +<p> </p> +<h3 class="pg">E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Labyrinths,<br /> + and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team<br /> + (http://www.pgdp.net/)</h3> +<p> </p> +<hr class="full" /> +<p> </p> +<p> </p> +<h1>GOLDEN STARS</h1> + +<h2>BY HENRY VAN DYKE</h2> + +<p>The Valley of Vision<br /> +Fighting for Peace<br /> +The Unknown Quantity<br /> +The Ruling Passion<br /> +The Blue Flower</p> +<hr align="left" width="30%" /> +<p>Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land<br /> +Days Off<br /> +Little Rivers<br /> +Fisherman's Luck</p> +<hr align="left" width="30%" /> +<p>Poems, Collection in one volume</p> +<hr align="left" width="30%" /> +<p>Golden Stars<br /> +The Red Flower<br /> +The Grand Canyon, and Other Poems<br /> +The White Bees, and Other Poems<br /> +The Builders, and Other Poems<br /> +Music, and Other Poems<br /> +The Toiling of Felix, and Other Poems<br /> +The House of Rimmon</p> + +<p>CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h1>GOLDEN STARS</h1> + +<h2>AND OTHER VERSES</h2> + +<h2>FOLLOWING "THE RED FLOWER"</h2> + +<h3>BY</h3> +<h2>HENRY VAN DYKE</h2> + + +<p align="center" class="style1">NEW YORK<br /> +CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS<br /> +1919</p> +<p align="center" class="style1"><i>Copyright, 1918, 1919, by Charles Scribner's Sons</i></p> + +<p align="center" class="style1"><i>Published February, 1919</i></p> + +<p align="center" class="style1"><span class='smcap'>Copyright</span>, 1918, BY THE OUTLOOK COMPANY<br /> +<span class='smcap'>Copyright</span>, 1918, BY THE NEW YORK HERALD CO.<br /> +<span class='smcap'>Copyright</span>, 1917, BY NEW YORK TIMES CO.<br /> +<span class='smcap'>Copyright</span>, 1918, BY NEW YORK TRIBUNE, INC.<br /> +<span class='smcap'>Copyright</span>, 1917, BY LAND & WATER PUB. CO.<br /> +<span class='smcap'>Copyright</span>, 1918, BY THE PUBLIC LEDGER<br /> +<span class='smcap'>Copyright</span>, 1918, BY THE PRESS PUBLISHING CO.</p> + + +<div align="center"><img src="images/gsillus1.jpg" width="100" height="110" alt="logo" /> +</div> +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="NOTE" id="NOTE"></a>NOTE</h2> + + +<p>The only reason for printing this little book is that many people have +expressed a desire to have the memorial poem, "Golden Stars," in a +permanent form.</p> + +<p>The other verses are included simply because they are a wayside record +of some of the varied feelings of an old lover of peace who was willing +to fight for it,—feelings which may find a response in other American +hearts.</p> + +<p><span class='smcap'>Henry van Dyke.</span><br /> +<span class='smcap'>Avalon, January 6, 1919.</span></p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="CONTENTS" id="CONTENTS"></a>CONTENTS</h2> + + + + +<table border="0" align="center" summary="Contents"> +<tr><td> </td><td>PAGE</td></tr> + <tr> + <td><a href="#THE_PEACEFUL_WARRIOR"><b>THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR</b></a> </td> + <td> 3</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><a href="#THE_WINDS_OF_WAR-NEWS"><b>THE WINDS OF WAR-NEWS</b></a> </td> + <td> 4</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><a href="#RIGHTEOUS_WRATH"><b>RIGHTEOUS WRATH</b></a> </td> + <td> 5</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><a href="#FACTA_NON_VERBA"><b><i>FACTA NON VERBA</i></b></a> </td> + <td> 6</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><a href="#FROM_GLORY_UNTO_GLORY"><b>FROM GLORY UNTO GLORY</b></a> </td> + <td> 7</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><a href="#SIGNS_OF_THE_ZODIAC"><b>SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC</b></a> </td> + <td> 10</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><a href="#BRITAIN_FRANCE_AMERICA"><b>BRITAIN, FRANCE, AMERICA</b></a> </td> + <td> 13</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><a href="#THE_RED_CROSS"><b>THE RED CROSS</b></a> </td> + <td> 14</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><a href="#EASTER_ROAD"><b>EASTER ROAD</b></a> </td> + <td> 15</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><a href="#AMERICAS_WELCOME_HOME"><b>AMERICA'S WELCOME HOME</b></a> </td> + <td> 17</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><a href="#THE_SURRENDER_OF_THE_GERMAN_FLEET"><b>THE SURRENDER OF THE GERMAN FLEET</b></a> </td> + <td> 19</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><a href="#GOLDEN_STARS"><b>GOLDEN STARS</b></a> </td> + <td> 21</td> + </tr> +</table> + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="THE_PEACEFUL_WARRIOR" id="THE_PEACEFUL_WARRIOR"></a>THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR</h2> + + +I have no joy in strife,<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Peace is my great desire;</span><br /> +Yet God forbid I lose my life<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Through fear to face the fire.</span><br /> + +A peaceful man must fight<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">For that which peace demands,—</span><br /> +Freedom and faith, honor and right,<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Defend with heart and hands.</span><br /> + +Farewell, my friendly books;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Farewell, ye woods and streams;</span><br /> +The fate that calls me forward looks<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">To a duty beyond dreams.</span><br /> + +Oh, better to be dead<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">With a face turned to the sky,</span><br /> +Than live beneath a slavish dread<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">And serve a giant lie.</span><br /> + +Stand up, my heart, and strive<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">For the things most dear to thee!</span><br /> +Why should we care to be alive<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Unless the world is free?</span><br /> + +<p>May, 1918.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[Pg 3]</a></span></p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="THE_WINDS_OF_WAR-NEWS" id="THE_WINDS_OF_WAR-NEWS"></a>THE WINDS OF WAR-NEWS</h2> + + +<p>The winds of war-news change and veer<br /> +Now westerly and full of cheer,<br /> +Now easterly, depressing, sour<br /> +With tidings of the Teutons' power.</p> + +<p>But thou, America, whose heart<br /> +With brave Allies has taken part,<br /> +Be not a weathercock to change<br /> +With these wild winds that shift and range.</p> + +<p>Be thou a compass ever true,<br /> +Through sullen clouds or skies of blue,<br /> +To that great star which rules the night,—<br /> +The star of Liberty and Right.</p> + +<p>Lover of peace, oh set thy soul,<br /> +Thy strength, thy wealth, thy conscience whole,<br /> +To win the peace thine eyes foresee,—<br /> +The triumph of Democracy.</p> + +<p>December 19, 1917.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[Pg 4]</a></span></p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="RIGHTEOUS_WRATH" id="RIGHTEOUS_WRATH"></a>RIGHTEOUS WRATH</h2> + + +<p>There are many kinds of hatred, as many kinds of fire;<br /> +And some are fierce and fatal with murderous desire;<br /> +And some are mean and craven, revengeful, sullen, slow,<br /> +They hurt the man that holds them more than they hurt his foe.</p> + +<p>And yet there is a hatred that purifies the heart:<br /> +The anger of the better against the baser part,<br /> +Against the false and wicked, against the tyrant's sword,<br /> +Against the enemies of love, and all that hate the Lord.</p> + +<p>O cleansing indignation, O flame of righteous wrath,<br /> +Give me a soul to feel thee and follow in thy path!<br /> +Save me from selfish virtue, arm me for fearless fight,<br /> +And give me strength to carry on, a soldier of the Right!</p> + +<p>January, 1918.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[Pg 5]</a></span></p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="FACTA_NON_VERBA" id="FACTA_NON_VERBA"></a><i>FACTA NON VERBA</i></h2> + + +<p><i>Deeds not Words</i>: I say so too!<br /> +And yet I find it somehow true,<br /> +A word may help a man in need,<br /> +To nobler act and braver deed.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[Pg 6]</a></span></p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="FROM_GLORY_UNTO_GLORY" id="FROM_GLORY_UNTO_GLORY"></a>FROM GLORY UNTO GLORY</h2> + +<p><span class='smcap'>American Flag Song</span></p> + + +<p>I</p> + +O dark the night and dim the day<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">When first our flag arose;</span><br /> +It fluttered bravely in the fray<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">To meet o'erwhelming foes.</span><br /> +Our fathers saw the splendor shine,<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">They dared and suffered all;</span><br /> +They won our freedom by the sign—<br /> +The holy sign, the radiant sign—<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Of the stars that never fall.</span><br /> + +<p><i>Chorus</i></p> + +All hail to thee, Young Glory!<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Among the flags of earth</span><br /> +We'll ne'er forget the story<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Of thy heroic birth.</span><br /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[Pg 7]</a></span></p> +<p>II</p> + +O wild the later storm that shook<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">The pillars of the State,</span><br /> +When brother against brother took<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">The final arms of fate.</span><br /> +But union lived and peace divine<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Enfolded brothers all;</span><br /> +The flag floats o'er them with the sign—<br /> +The loyal sign, the equal sign—<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Of the stars that never fall.</span><br /> + +<p><i>Chorus</i></p> + +All hail to thee, Old Glory!<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Of thee our heart's desire</span><br /> +Foretells a golden story,<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">For thou hast come through fire.</span><br /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[Pg 8]</a></span></p> +<p>III</p> + +O fiercer than all wars before<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">That raged on land or sea,</span><br /> +The Giant Robber's world-wide war<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">For the things that shall not be!</span><br /> +Thy sister banners hold the line;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">To thee, dear flag, they call;</span><br /> +And thou hast joined them with the sign—<br /> +The heavenly sign, the victor sign—<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Of the stars that never fall.</span><br /> + +<p><i>Chorus</i></p> + +All hail to thee, New Glory!<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">We follow thee unfurled</span><br /> +To write the larger story<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Of Freedom for the World.</span><br /> + +<p>September 4, 1918.</p> +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[Pg 9]</a></span> + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="SIGNS_OF_THE_ZODIAC" id="SIGNS_OF_THE_ZODIAC"></a>SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC</h2> + + +<p>Who knows how many thousand years ago<br /> +The twelvefold Zodiac was made to show<br /> +The course of stars above and men below?</p> + +<p>The great sun plows his furrow by its "lines":<br /> +From all its "houses" mystic meaning shines:<br /> +Deep lore of life is written in its "signs."</p> + +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Aries</i>—Sacrifice.</span><br /> + +<p>Snow-white and sacred is the sacrifice<br /> +That Heaven demands for what our heart doth prize:<br /> +The man who fears to suffer, ne'er can rise.</p> + +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Taurus</i>—Strength.</span><br /> + +<p>Rejoice, my friend, if God has made you strong:<br /> +Put forth your force to move the world along:<br /> +Yet never shame your strength to do a wrong.</p> + +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Gemini</i>—Brotherhood.</span><br /> + +<p>Bitter his life who lives for self alone,<br /> +Poor would he be with riches and a throne:<br /> +But friendship doubles all we are and own.</p> + +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Cancer</i>—The Wisdom of Retreat.</span><br /> + +<p>Learn from the crab, O runner fresh and fleet,<br /> +Sideways to move, or backward, when discreet;<br /> +Life is not all advance,—sometimes retreat!</p> +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[Pg 10]</a></span> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Leo</i>—Fire.</span><br /> + +<p>The sign of Leo is the sign of fire.<br /> +Hatred we hate: but no man should desire<br /> +A heart too cold to flame with righteous ire.</p> + +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Virgo</i>—Love.</span><br /> + +<p>Mysterious symbol, words are all in vain<br /> +To tell the secret power by which you reign,<br /> +The more we love, the less we can explain.</p> + +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Libra</i>—Justice.</span><br /> + +<p>Examine well the scales with which you weigh;<br /> +Let justice rule your conduct every day;<br /> +For when you face the Judge you'll need fair play</p> + +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Scorpio</i>—Self-Defense.</span><br /> + +<p>There's not a creature in the realm of night<br /> +But has the wish to live, likewise the right:<br /> +Don't tread upon the scorpion, or he'll fight.</p> + +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Sagittarius</i>—The Archer.</span><br /> + +<p>Life is an arrow, therefore you must know<br /> +What mark to aim at, how to use the bow,—<br /> +Then draw it to the head and let it go!</p> + +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Capricornus</i>—The Goat.</span><br /> + +<p>The goat looks solemn, yet he likes to run,<br /> +And leap the rocks, and gambol in the sun:<br /> +The truly wise enjoy a little fun.</p> +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[Pg 11]</a></span> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Aquarius</i>—Water.</span><br /> + +<p>"Like water spilt upon the ground,"—alas,<br /> +Our little lives flow swiftly on and pass;<br /> +Yet may they bring rich harvests and green grass!</p> + +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Pisces</i>—The Fishes.</span><br /> + +<p>Last of the sacred signs, ye bring to me<br /> +A word of hope, a word of mystery,—<br /> +We all are swimmers in God's mighty sea.</p> + +<p>February 28. 1918.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</a></span></p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="BRITAIN_FRANCE_AMERICA" id="BRITAIN_FRANCE_AMERICA"></a>BRITAIN, FRANCE, AMERICA</h2> + + +<p>The rough expanse of democratic sea<br /> +Which parts the lands that live by liberty<br /> +Is no division; for their hearts are one.<br /> +To fight together till their cause is won.</p> + +<p>For land and water let us make our pact,<br /> +And seal the solemn word with valiant act:<br /> +No continent is firm, no ocean pure,<br /> +Until on both the rights of man are sure.</p> + +<p>April, 1917.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[Pg 13]</a></span></p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="THE_RED_CROSS" id="THE_RED_CROSS"></a>THE RED CROSS</h2> + + +Sign of the Love Divine<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">That bends to bear the load</span><br /> +Of all who suffer, all who bleed,<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Along life's thorny road:</span><br /> +<br /> +Sign of the Heart Humane,<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">That through the darkest fight</span><br /> +Would bring to wounded friend and foe<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">A ministry of light:</span><br /> +<br /> +O dear and holy sign,<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Lead onward like a star!</span><br /> +The armies of the just are thine,<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">And all we have and are.</span><br /> + +<p>October 20, 1918,<br /> +for the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</a></span></p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="EASTER_ROAD" id="EASTER_ROAD"></a>EASTER ROAD</h2> + +<p>1918</p> + + +<p>Under the cloud of world-wide war,<br /> +While earth is drenched with sorrow,<br /> +I have no heart for idle merrymaking,<br /> +Or for the fashioning of glad raiment.—<br /> +I will retrace the divine footmarks,<br /> +On the Road of the first Easter</p> + +<p>Down through the valley of utter darkness<br /> +Dripping with blood and tears;<br /> +Over the hill of the skull, the little hill of great anguish,<br /> +The ambuscade of Death.<br /> +Into the no-man's-land of Hades<br /> +Bearing despatches of hope to spirits in prison,<br /> +Mortally stricken and triumphant<br /> +Went the faithful Captain of Salvation.</p> + +<p>Then upward, swiftly upward,—<br /> +Victory, liberty, glory,<br /> +The feet that were wounded walked in the tranquil garden,<br /> +Bathed in dew and the light of deathless dawn.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</a></span> +O my soul, my comrades, soldiers of freedom,<br /> +Follow the pathway of Easter, for there is no other,<br /> +Follow it through to peace, yea, follow it fighting.</p> + +<p>This Armageddon is not darker than Calvary.<br /> +The day will break when the Dragon is vanquished;<br /> +He that exalteth himself as God shall be cast down,<br /> +And the Lords of war shall fall,<br /> +And the long, long terror be ended,<br /> +Victory, justice, peace enduring!<br /> +They that die in this cause shall live forever,<br /> +And they that live shall never die,<br /> +They shall rejoice together in the Easter of a new world.</p> + +<p>March 31, 1918.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[Pg 16]</a></span></p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="AMERICAS_WELCOME_HOME" id="AMERICAS_WELCOME_HOME"></a>AMERICA'S WELCOME HOME</h2> + + +<p>Oh, gallantly they fared forth in khaki and in blue,<br /> +America's crusading host of warriors bold and true;<br /> +They battled for the rights of man beside our brave Allies,<br /> +And now they're coming home to us with glory in their eyes.</p> + +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Oh, it's home again, and home again, America for me!</i></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Our hearts are turning home again and there we long to be,</i></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>In our beautiful big country beyond the ocean bars,</i></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars.</i></span><br /> + +<p>Our boys have seen the Old World as none have seen before.<br /> +They know the grisly horror of the German gods of war:<br /> +The noble faith of Britain and the hero-heart of France,<br /> +The soul of Belgium's fortitude and Italy's romance.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[Pg 17]</a></span></p> + +<p>They bore our country's great word across the rolling sea,<br /> +"America swears brotherhood with all the just and free."<br /> +They wrote that word victorious on fields of mortal strife,<br /> +And many a valiant lad was proud to seal it with his life.</p> + +<p>Oh, welcome home in Heaven's peace, dear spirits of the dead!<br /> +And welcome home ye living sons America hath bred!<br /> +The lords of war are beaten down, your glorious task is done;<br /> +You fought to make the whole world free, and the victory is won.</p> + +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Now it's home again, and home again, our hearts are turning west,</i></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Of all the lands beneath the sun America is best.</i></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>We're going home to our own folks, beyond the ocean bars,</i></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars.</i></span><br /> + +<p>November 11, 1918. +A sequel to "America For Me," written in 1909.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[Pg 18]</a></span></p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="THE_SURRENDER_OF_THE_GERMAN_FLEET" id="THE_SURRENDER_OF_THE_GERMAN_FLEET"></a>THE SURRENDER OF THE GERMAN FLEET</h2> + + +<p>Ship after ship, and every one with a high-resounding name,<br /> +From the robber-nest of Heligoland the German war-fleet came;<br /> +Not victory or death they sought, but a rendezvous of shame.</p> + +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Sing out, sing out,</i></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>A joyful shout,</i></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Ye lovers of the sea!</i></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>The "Kaiser" and the "Kaiserin,"</i></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>The "König" and the "Prinz,"</i></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>The potentates of piracy,</i></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Are coming to surrender,</i></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>And the ocean shall be free.</i></span><br /> + +<p>They never dared the final fate of battle on the blue;<br /> +Their sea-wolves murdered merchantmen and mocked the drowning crew;<br /> +They stained the wave with martyr-blood,—but we sent our transports through!<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</a></span></p> + +<p>What flags are these that dumbly droop from the gaff o' the mainmast tall?<br /> +The black of the Kaiser's iron cross, the red of the Empire's fall!<br /> +Come down, come down, ye pirate flags. Yea, strike your colors all.</p> + +<p>The Union Jack and the Tricolor and the Starry Flag o' the West<br /> +Shall guard the fruit of Freedom's war and the victory confest,<br /> +The flags of the brave and just and free shall rule on the ocean's breast.</p> + +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Sing out, sing out,</i></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>A mighty shout,</i></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Ye lovers of the sea!</i></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>The "Kaiser" and the "Kaiserin,"</i></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>The "König" and the "Prinz"</i></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>The robber-lords of death and sin,</i></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>Have come to their surrender,</i></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>And the ocean shall be free!</i></span><br /> + +<p>November 20, 1918.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[Pg 20]</a></span></p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="GOLDEN_STARS" id="GOLDEN_STARS"></a>GOLDEN STARS</h2> + + +<p>I</p> + +<p>It was my lot of late to travel far<br /> +Through all America's domain,<br /> +A willing, grey-haired servitor<br /> +Bearing the Fiery Cross of righteous war.<br /> +And everywhere, on mountain, vale and plain,<br /> +In crowded street and lonely cottage door,<br /> +I saw the symbol of the bright blue star.<br /> +Millions of stars! Rejoice, dear land, rejoice<br /> +That God hath made thee great enough to give<br /> +Beneath thy starry flag unfurled<br /> +A gift to all the world,—<br /> +Thy living sons that Liberty might live.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[Pg 21]</a></span></p> + +<p>II</p> + +<p>It seems but yesterday they sallied forth<br /> +Boys of the east, the west, the south, the north,<br /> +High-hearted, keen, with laughter and with song,<br /> +Fearless of lurking danger on the sea,<br /> +Eager to fight in Flanders or in France<br /> +Against the monstrous German wrong,<br /> +And sure of victory!<br /> +Brothers in soul with British and with French<br /> +They held their ground in many a bloody trench;<br /> +And when the swift word came—<br /> +<i>Advance!</i><br /> +Over the top they went through waves of flame,—<br /> +Confident, reckless, irresistible,<br /> +Real Americans,—<br /> +Their rush was never stayed<br /> +Until the foe fell back, defeated and dismayed.<br /> +O land that bore them, write upon thy roll<br /> +Of battles won<br /> +To liberate the human soul,<br /> +Château Thierry and Saint Mihiel<br /> +And the fierce agony of the Argonne;<br /> +Yea, count among thy little rivers, dear<br /> +Because of friends whose feet have trodden there,<br /> +The Marne, the Meuse, and the Moselle.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[Pg 22]</a></span></p> + +<p>III</p> + +<p>Now the vile sword<br /> +In Potsdam forged and bathed in hell,<br /> +Is beaten down, the victory given<br /> +To the sword forged in faith and bathed in heaven.<br /> +Now home again our heroes come:<br /> +Oh, welcome them with bugle and with drum,<br /> +Ring bells, blow whistles, make a joyful noise<br /> +Unto the Lord,<br /> +And welcome home our blue-star boys,<br /> +Whose manhood has made known<br /> +To all the world America,<br /> +Unselfish, brave and free, the Great Republic,<br /> +Who lives not to herself alone.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[Pg 23]</a></span></p> + +<p>IV</p> + +<p>But many a lad we hold<br /> +Dear in our heart of hearts<br /> +Is missing from the home-returning host.<br /> +Ah, say not they are lost,<br /> +For they have found and given their life<br /> +In sacrificial strife:<br /> +Their service stars have changed from blue to gold!<br /> +That sudden rapture took them far away,<br /> +Yet are they here with us today,<br /> +Even as the heavenly stars we cannot see<br /> +Through the bright veil of sunlight<br /> +Shed their influence still<br /> +On our vexed life, and promise peace<br /> +From God to all men of good will.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[Pg 24]</a></span></p> + +<p>V</p> + +<p>What wreaths shall we entwine +For our dear boys to deck their holy shrine?<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Mountain-laurel, morning-glory,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Goldenrod and asters blue,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Purple loosestrife, prince's-pine,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Wild-azalea, meadow-rue,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Nodding-lilies, columbine,—</span><br /> +All the native blooms that grew<br /> +In these fresh woods and pastures new,<br /> +Wherein they loved to ramble and to play.<br /> +Bring no exotic flowers:<br /> +America was in their hearts,<br /> +And they are ours<br /> +For ever and a day.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[Pg 25]</a></span></p> + +<p>VI</p> + +O happy warriors, forgive the tear<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Falling from eyes that miss you;</span><br /> +Forgive the word of grief from mother-lips<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">That ne'er on earth shall kiss you;</span><br /> +Hear only what our hearts would have you hear,—<br /> +Glory and praise and gratitude and pride<br /> +From the dear country in whose cause you died.<br /> +Now you have run your race and won your prize,<br /> +Old age shall never burden you, the fears<br /> +And conflicts that beset our lingering years<br /> +Shall never vex your souls in Paradise.<br /> +Immortal, young, and crowned with victory,<br /> +From life's long battle you have found release.<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">And He who died for all on Calvary</span><br /> +Has welcomed you, brave soldiers of the cross,<br /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</a></span></p><span style="margin-left: 1em;">Into eternal Peace.</span><br /> + +<p>VII</p> + +<p>Come, let us gird our loins and lift our load,<br /> +Companions who are left on life's rough road,<br /> +And bravely take the way that we must tread<br /> +To keep true faith with our beloved dead.<br /> +To conquer war they dared their lives to give,<br /> +To safeguard peace our hearts must learn to live.<br /> +Help us, dear God, our forward faith to hold!<br /> +We want a better world than that of old.<br /> +Lead us on paths of high endeavor,<br /> +Toiling upward, climbing ever,<br /> +Ready to suffer for the right,<br /> +Until at last we gain a loftier height,<br /> +More worthy to behold<br /> +Our guiding stars, our hero-stars of gold.</p> + +<p>Ode for the Memorial Service,<br /> +Princeton University, December 15, 1918.</p> +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[Pg 27]</a></span> + +<p> </p> +<p> </p> +<hr class="full" /> +<p>***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GOLDEN STARS***</p> +<p>******* This file should be named 20123-h.txt or 20123-h.zip *******</p> +<p>This and all associated files of various formats will be found in:<br /> +<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/0/1/2/20123">http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/1/2/20123</a></p> +<p>Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed.</p> + +<p>Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + + + + +Title: Golden Stars + And Other Verses Following "The Red Flower" + + +Author: Henry Van Dyke + + + +Release Date: December 16, 2006 [eBook #20123] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GOLDEN STARS*** + + +E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Labyrinths, and the Project +Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/) + + + +GOLDEN STARS + +by + +HENRY VAN DYKE + + + + * * * * * * + + + The Valley of Vision + Fighting for Peace + The Unknown Quantity + The Ruling Passion + The Blue Flower + + Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land + Days Off + Little Rivers + Fisherman's Luck + + Poems, Collection in one volume + + Golden Stars + The Red Flower + The Grand Canyon, and Other Poems + The White Bees, and Other Poems + The Builders, and Other Poems + Music, and Other Poems + The Toiling of Felix, and Other Poems + The House of Rimmon + + CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS + + + + * * * * * * + + + +GOLDEN STARS + +And Other Verses Following "The Red Flower" + +by + +HENRY VAN DYKE + + + + + + + +New York +Charles Scribner's Sons +1919 +Copyright, 1918, 1919, by Charles Scribner's Sons +Published February, 1919 +Copyright, 1918, By the Outlook Company +Copyright, 1918, By the New York Herald Co. +Copyright, 1917, By New York Times Co. +Copyright, 1918, By New York Tribune, Inc. +Copyright, 1917, By Land & Water Pub. Co. +Copyright, 1918, By the Public Ledger +Copyright, 1918, By the Press Publishing Co. + + + +[Illustration] + + + + +NOTE + +The only reason for printing this little book is that many people have +expressed a desire to have the memorial poem, "Golden Stars," in a +permanent form. + +The other verses are included simply because they are a wayside record +of some of the varied feelings of an old lover of peace who was willing +to fight for it,--feelings which may find a response in other American +hearts. + +Henry van Dyke. +Avalon, January 6, 1919. + + + + +CONTENTS + + PAGE + The Peaceful Warrior 3 + The Winds of War-News 4 + Righteous Wrath 5 + Facta non Verba 6 + From Glory unto Glory 7 + Signs of the Zodiac 10 + Britain, France, America 13 + The Red Cross 14 + Easter Road, 1918 15 + America's Welcome Home 17 + The Surrender of the German Fleet 19 + Golden Stars 21 + + + + +THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR + + +I have no joy in strife, + Peace is my great desire; +Yet God forbid I lose my life + Through fear to face the fire. + +A peaceful man must fight + For that which peace demands,-- +Freedom and faith, honor and right, + Defend with heart and hands. + +Farewell, my friendly books; + Farewell, ye woods and streams; +The fate that calls me forward looks + To a duty beyond dreams. + +Oh, better to be dead + With a face turned to the sky, +Than live beneath a slavish dread + And serve a giant lie. + +Stand up, my heart, and strive + For the things most dear to thee! +Why should we care to be alive + Unless the world is free? + +May, 1918. + + + + +THE WINDS OF WAR-NEWS + + +The winds of war-news change and veer +Now westerly and full of cheer, +Now easterly, depressing, sour +With tidings of the Teutons' power. + +But thou, America, whose heart +With brave Allies has taken part, +Be not a weathercock to change +With these wild winds that shift and range. + +Be thou a compass ever true, +Through sullen clouds or skies of blue, +To that great star which rules the night,-- +The star of Liberty and Right. + +Lover of peace, oh set thy soul, +Thy strength, thy wealth, thy conscience whole, +To win the peace thine eyes foresee,-- +The triumph of Democracy. + +December 19, 1917. + + + + +RIGHTEOUS WRATH + + +There are many kinds of hatred, as many kinds of fire; +And some are fierce and fatal with murderous desire; +And some are mean and craven, revengeful, sullen, slow, +They hurt the man that holds them more than they hurt his foe. + +And yet there is a hatred that purifies the heart: +The anger of the better against the baser part, +Against the false and wicked, against the tyrant's sword, +Against the enemies of love, and all that hate the Lord. + +O cleansing indignation, O flame of righteous wrath, +Give me a soul to feel thee and follow in thy path! +Save me from selfish virtue, arm me for fearless fight, +And give me strength to carry on, a soldier of the Right! + +January, 1918. + + + + +_FACTA NON VERBA_ + + +_Deeds not Words_: I say so too! +And yet I find it somehow true, +A word may help a man in need, +To nobler act and braver deed. + + + + +FROM GLORY UNTO GLORY + +American Flag Song + + +I + +O dark the night and dim the day + When first our flag arose; +It fluttered bravely in the fray + To meet o'erwhelming foes. +Our fathers saw the splendor shine, + They dared and suffered all; +They won our freedom by the sign-- +The holy sign, the radiant sign-- + Of the stars that never fall. + +_Chorus_ + +All hail to thee, Young Glory! + Among the flags of earth +We'll ne'er forget the story + Of thy heroic birth. + +II + +O wild the later storm that shook + The pillars of the State, +When brother against brother took + The final arms of fate. +But union lived and peace divine + Enfolded brothers all; +The flag floats o'er them with the sign-- +The loyal sign, the equal sign-- + Of the stars that never fall. + +_Chorus_ + +All hail to thee, Old Glory! + Of thee our heart's desire +Foretells a golden story, + For thou hast come through fire. + +III + +O fiercer than all wars before + That raged on land or sea, +The Giant Robber's world-wide war + For the things that shall not be! +Thy sister banners hold the line; + To thee, dear flag, they call; +And thou hast joined them with the sign-- +The heavenly sign, the victor sign-- + Of the stars that never fall. + +_Chorus_ + +All hail to thee, New Glory! + We follow thee unfurled +To write the larger story + Of Freedom for the World. + +September 4, 1918. + + + + +SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC + + +Who knows how many thousand years ago +The twelvefold Zodiac was made to show +The course of stars above and men below? + +The great sun plows his furrow by its "lines": +From all its "houses" mystic meaning shines: +Deep lore of life is written in its "signs." + + _Aries_--Sacrifice. + +Snow-white and sacred is the sacrifice +That Heaven demands for what our heart doth prize: +The man who fears to suffer, ne'er can rise. + + _Taurus_--Strength. + +Rejoice, my friend, if God has made you strong: +Put forth your force to move the world along: +Yet never shame your strength to do a wrong. + + _Gemini_--Brotherhood. + +Bitter his life who lives for self alone, +Poor would he be with riches and a throne: +But friendship doubles all we are and own. + + _Cancer_--The Wisdom of Retreat. + +Learn from the crab, O runner fresh and fleet, +Sideways to move, or backward, when discreet; +Life is not all advance,--sometimes retreat! + + _Leo_--Fire. + +The sign of Leo is the sign of fire. +Hatred we hate: but no man should desire +A heart too cold to flame with righteous ire. + + _Virgo_--Love. + +Mysterious symbol, words are all in vain +To tell the secret power by which you reign, +The more we love, the less we can explain. + + _Libra_--Justice. + +Examine well the scales with which you weigh; +Let justice rule your conduct every day; +For when you face the Judge you'll need fair play + + _Scorpio_--Self-Defense. + +There's not a creature in the realm of night +But has the wish to live, likewise the right: +Don't tread upon the scorpion, or he'll fight. + + _Sagittarius_--The Archer. + +Life is an arrow, therefore you must know +What mark to aim at, how to use the bow,-- +Then draw it to the head and let it go! + + _Capricornus_--The Goat. + +The goat looks solemn, yet he likes to run, +And leap the rocks, and gambol in the sun: +The truly wise enjoy a little fun. + + _Aquarius_--Water. + +"Like water spilt upon the ground,"--alas, +Our little lives flow swiftly on and pass; +Yet may they bring rich harvests and green grass! + + _Pisces_--The Fishes. + +Last of the sacred signs, ye bring to me +A word of hope, a word of mystery,-- +We all are swimmers in God's mighty sea. + +February 28. 1918. + + + + +BRITAIN, FRANCE, AMERICA + + +The rough expanse of democratic sea +Which parts the lands that live by liberty +Is no division; for their hearts are one. +To fight together till their cause is won. + +For land and water let us make our pact, +And seal the solemn word with valiant act: +No continent is firm, no ocean pure, +Until on both the rights of man are sure. + +April, 1917. + + + + +THE RED CROSS + + +Sign of the Love Divine + That bends to bear the load +Of all who suffer, all who bleed, + Along life's thorny road: + +Sign of the Heart Humane, + That through the darkest fight +Would bring to wounded friend and foe + A ministry of light: + +O dear and holy sign, + Lead onward like a star! +The armies of the just are thine, + And all we have and are. + +October 20, 1918, +for the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call. + + + + +EASTER ROAD + +1918 + + +Under the cloud of world-wide war, +While earth is drenched with sorrow, +I have no heart for idle merrymaking, +Or for the fashioning of glad raiment.-- +I will retrace the divine footmarks, +On the Road of the first Easter + +Down through the valley of utter darkness +Dripping with blood and tears; +Over the hill of the skull, the little hill of great anguish, +The ambuscade of Death. +Into the no-man's-land of Hades +Bearing despatches of hope to spirits in prison, +Mortally stricken and triumphant +Went the faithful Captain of Salvation. + +Then upward, swiftly upward,-- +Victory, liberty, glory, +The feet that were wounded walked in the tranquil garden, +Bathed in dew and the light of deathless dawn. +O my soul, my comrades, soldiers of freedom, +Follow the pathway of Easter, for there is no other, +Follow it through to peace, yea, follow it fighting. + +This Armageddon is not darker than Calvary. +The day will break when the Dragon is vanquished; +He that exalteth himself as God shall be cast down, +And the Lords of war shall fall, +And the long, long terror be ended, +Victory, justice, peace enduring! +They that die in this cause shall live forever, +And they that live shall never die, +They shall rejoice together in the Easter of a new world. + +March 31, 1918. + + + + +AMERICA'S WELCOME HOME + + +Oh, gallantly they fared forth in khaki and in blue, +America's crusading host of warriors bold and true; +They battled for the rights of man beside our brave Allies, +And now they're coming home to us with glory in their eyes. + + _Oh, it's home again, and home again, America for me! + Our hearts are turning home again and there we long to be, + In our beautiful big country beyond the ocean bars, + Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars._ + +Our boys have seen the Old World as none have seen before. +They know the grisly horror of the German gods of war: +The noble faith of Britain and the hero-heart of France, +The soul of Belgium's fortitude and Italy's romance. + +They bore our country's great word across the rolling sea, +"America swears brotherhood with all the just and free." +They wrote that word victorious on fields of mortal strife, +And many a valiant lad was proud to seal it with his life. + +Oh, welcome home in Heaven's peace, dear spirits of the dead! +And welcome home ye living sons America hath bred! +The lords of war are beaten down, your glorious task is done; +You fought to make the whole world free, and the victory is won. + + _Now it's home again, and home again, our hearts are turning west, + Of all the lands beneath the sun America is best. + We're going home to our own folks, beyond the ocean bars, + Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars._ + +November 11, 1918. +A sequel to "America For Me," written in 1909. + + + + +THE SURRENDER OF THE GERMAN FLEET + + +Ship after ship, and every one with a high-resounding name, +From the robber-nest of Heligoland the German war-fleet came; +Not victory or death they sought, but a rendezvous of shame. + + _Sing out, sing out, + A joyful shout, + Ye lovers of the sea! + The "Kaiser" and the "Kaiserin," + The "Koenig" and the "Prinz," + The potentates of piracy, + Are coming to surrender, + And the ocean shall be free._ + +They never dared the final fate of battle on the blue; +Their sea-wolves murdered merchantmen and mocked the drowning crew; +They stained the wave with martyr-blood,--but we sent our transports + through! + +What flags are these that dumbly droop from the gaff o' the mainmast tall? +The black of the Kaiser's iron cross, the red of the Empire's fall! +Come down, come down, ye pirate flags. Yea, strike your colors all. + +The Union Jack and the Tricolor and the Starry Flag o' the West +Shall guard the fruit of Freedom's war and the victory confest, +The flags of the brave and just and free shall rule on the ocean's breast. + + _Sing out, sing out, + A mighty shout, + Ye lovers of the sea! + The "Kaiser" and the "Kaiserin," + The "Koenig" and the "Prinz" + The robber-lords of death and sin, + Have come to their surrender, + And the ocean shall be free!_ + +November 20, 1918. + + + + +GOLDEN STARS + + +I + +It was my lot of late to travel far +Through all America's domain, +A willing, grey-haired servitor +Bearing the Fiery Cross of righteous war. +And everywhere, on mountain, vale and plain, +In crowded street and lonely cottage door, +I saw the symbol of the bright blue star. +Millions of stars! Rejoice, dear land, rejoice +That God hath made thee great enough to give +Beneath thy starry flag unfurled +A gift to all the world,-- +Thy living sons that Liberty might live. + +II + +It seems but yesterday they sallied forth +Boys of the east, the west, the south, the north, +High-hearted, keen, with laughter and with song, +Fearless of lurking danger on the sea, +Eager to fight in Flanders or in France +Against the monstrous German wrong, +And sure of victory! +Brothers in soul with British and with French +They held their ground in many a bloody trench; +And when the swift word came-- +_Advance!_ +Over the top they went through waves of flame,-- +Confident, reckless, irresistible, +Real Americans,-- +Their rush was never stayed +Until the foe fell back, defeated and dismayed. +O land that bore them, write upon thy roll +Of battles won +To liberate the human soul, +Chateau Thierry and Saint Mihiel +And the fierce agony of the Argonne; +Yea, count among thy little rivers, dear +Because of friends whose feet have trodden there, +The Marne, the Meuse, and the Moselle. + +III + +Now the vile sword +In Potsdam forged and bathed in hell, +Is beaten down, the victory given +To the sword forged in faith and bathed in heaven. +Now home again our heroes come: +Oh, welcome them with bugle and with drum, +Ring bells, blow whistles, make a joyful noise +Unto the Lord, +And welcome home our blue-star boys, +Whose manhood has made known +To all the world America, +Unselfish, brave and free, the Great Republic, +Who lives not to herself alone. + +IV + +But many a lad we hold +Dear in our heart of hearts +Is missing from the home-returning host. +Ah, say not they are lost, +For they have found and given their life +In sacrificial strife: +Their service stars have changed from blue to gold! +That sudden rapture took them far away, +Yet are they here with us today, +Even as the heavenly stars we cannot see +Through the bright veil of sunlight +Shed their influence still +On our vexed life, and promise peace +From God to all men of good will. + +V + +What wreaths shall we entwine +For our dear boys to deck their holy shrine? + Mountain-laurel, morning-glory, + Goldenrod and asters blue, + Purple loosestrife, prince's-pine, + Wild-azalea, meadow-rue, + Nodding-lilies, columbine,-- +All the native blooms that grew +In these fresh woods and pastures new, +Wherein they loved to ramble and to play. +Bring no exotic flowers: +America was in their hearts, +And they are ours +For ever and a day. + +VI + +O happy warriors, forgive the tear + Falling from eyes that miss you; +Forgive the word of grief from mother-lips + That ne'er on earth shall kiss you; +Hear only what our hearts would have you hear,-- +Glory and praise and gratitude and pride +From the dear country in whose cause you died. +Now you have run your race and won your prize, +Old age shall never burden you, the fears +And conflicts that beset our lingering years +Shall never vex your souls in Paradise. +Immortal, young, and crowned with victory, +From life's long battle you have found release. + And He who died for all on Calvary +Has welcomed you, brave soldiers of the cross, + Into eternal Peace. + +VII + +Come, let us gird our loins and lift our load, +Companions who are left on life's rough road, +And bravely take the way that we must tread +To keep true faith with our beloved dead. +To conquer war they dared their lives to give, +To safeguard peace our hearts must learn to live. +Help us, dear God, our forward faith to hold! +We want a better world than that of old. +Lead us on paths of high endeavor, +Toiling upward, climbing ever, +Ready to suffer for the right, +Until at last we gain a loftier height, +More worthy to behold +Our guiding stars, our hero-stars of gold. + +Ode for the Memorial Service, +Princeton University, December 15, 1918. + + + +***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GOLDEN STARS*** + + +******* This file should be named 20123.txt or 20123.zip ******* + + +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: +http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/0/1/2/20123 + + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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