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the mighty Ship of State Staggers, bruised and torn and wounded by a derelict of fate, One that drifted from its moorings in the anchorage of hate. THE MIGHTY SHIP OF STATE STAGGERS BRUISED AND TORN AND WOUNDED BY A DERELICT OF FATE ONE THAT DRIFTED FROM ITS MOORINGS IN THE ANCHORAGE OF HATE
Wrong Builds Right’s foundation, when it grows too strong. Pregnant with promise is the hour, and grand The trust you leave in my all-willing hand. THE OLD CENTURY As one who throws a flickering taper’s ray To light departing feet, my shadowed way You brighten with your faith. Faith makes the man Alas, that my poor foolish age outran Its early trust in God! The death of art And progress follows, when the world’s hard heart Casts out religion. ’Tis the human brain Men worship now, and heaven, to them, means—gain. THE NEW CENTURY Faith is not dead, tho’ priest and creed may pass, For thought has leavened the whole unthinking mass, And man looks now to find the God within. We shall talk more of love, and less of sin, In this new era. We are drawing near Unatlassed boundaries of a larger sphere. With awe, I wait, till Science leads us on, Into the full effulgence of its dawn. DEATH HAS CROWNED HIM A MARTYR (Written on the day of President McKinley’s death) In the midst of sunny waters, lo!  DEATH HAS CROWNED HIM A MARTYR BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX READ FOR LIEBERVOX DOT ORK BY WAKEMAN DECAY IN SPENSYLVANIA VIRGINIA WRITTEN ON THE DAY OF PRESIDENT MC KINLEY'S DEATH IN THE MIDST OF SUNNY WATERS LO
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