Azalia E. Martin, "Brotherhood" (1912)
In predetermined order;
The time may be delayed but come they will.
The seer hails them;
He, the faithful warder,
Sees them and passes ere Time can fulfill.
These changes wrought
Are not one man's endeavor;
They grow perhaps within the hearts of men.
Until the time
Is ripe, and yet forever
We plodding mortals dare to reckon when.
Ages have passed
Since Time, the true recorder,
Found man a slave to fatal War's decree;
Soon Stress and Strain
Changed man from this disorder
And proved the falseness of the Cynic's plea.
Lo, now the morn,
When brother comforts brother.
When man meets man and greets with friendly grace.
When one shares ills
Peculiar to the other
And knows one land, one interest, one race.
First dawn, then noon
Comes on in swift succession
For time moves ever onward in its way ;
And cycle vies
With cycle in progression
To bring at last the welcomed longed-for day.
Poem by Azalie E. Martin, Published in School-Room Helps for Parents and Teachers (1912)
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