When pride and arrogance shall disappear,
The Pilgrims’ Vision is accomplished here!
LIBERTY LIGHTING THE WORLD[5]
Majestic warder by the nation’s gate,
Spike-crowned, flame-armed like Agony or Glory,
Holding the tablets of some unknown law,
With gesture eloquent and mute as Fate,—
We stand about thy feet in solemn awe,
Like desert-tribes who seek their sphinx’s story,
And question thee in spirit and in speech;