LUTHER.
By Mrs. S. R. GRAHAM CLARK.
Truth is eternal. He who dares
To sign its deathless scroll
Dares to live ever, linked to light,
While ages onward roll.
O dauntless hero! At thy grave
A world uncovered stands!
And o’er thy dust all christendom
Clasps loving brother-hands.
Our brother, ours! A land unborn
When thou didst wage thy fight—
We reap thy labors—race entailed—
And in thy praise unite.
Hail Germany! The world is bound,
By fetters wrought from truth—
Earth’s mightiest smith, upon thy breast
Was cradled in his youth.
