If it's error to cherish the hope, through and through,

That the Stars in Old Glory's immaculate blue

Shall shine through the ages, true beacons to men,

We pray that no right phrase shall flow from our pen.


War's Homecoming

We little thought how much they meant—the bleeding hearts of France,

And British mothers wearing black to mark some troop's advance,

The war was, O, so distant then, the grief so far away,

We couldn't see the weeping eyes, nor hear the women pray.