Henceforth this saying our maxim shall be,
We’ll bear it aloft o’er land and o’er sea,
And that all civilized nations may know,
Will proudly proclaim wherever we go,
“There are no reconcentrados now.”
Wherever our grand old flag is unfurled,
In Cuba, or any part of the world,
Love, mercy, and peace will go with it there,
And bring the oppressed full freedom to share:
“There are no reconcentrados now.”
Nations respect us for the good work done,
And freely concede the glory we won;
We get the honor, the world gets the gain,
Mankind is lifted to a higher plain,
“There are no reconcentrados now.”
United for peace all nations should be,
Protecting man in his right to be free,
And if one nation man’s freedom restrain,
The rest should join and restore it again:
“There are no reconcentrados now.”
Humanity’s cause henceforth must prevail,
No nation will dare man’s rights to assail,
The example we set lays down the plan,
Nations will follow in lifting up man:
“There are no reconcentrados now.”
THE CELEBRATION.
The following verses were written in November, 1889, when it was supposed the World’s Fair at Chicago, to celebrate the four hundreth anniversary of the discovery of America, would be held in 1892.
In eighteen hundred ninety-two
We will have a celebration,
And prove our manners good and true,
By inviting ev’ry nation;
We’ll advertise from shore to shore,
And tell how we have expanded,
For just four hundred years before,
Christopher Columbus landed.
We will build a mighty tower,
Much higher than any steeple,
And give it the strength and power,
To hold twenty thousand people;
We’ll build it strong and very high,
And elegant in size and form,
So it will please the cultured eye,
And ride triumphant ev’ry storm.