The Statue of Liberty
(New York Harbor, A.D. 2900)
By Arthur Upson
(American poet, 1877-1908)
Here once, the records show, a land whose pride
Abode in Freedom’s watchword! And once here
The port of traffic for a hemisphere,
With great gold-piling cities at her side!
Tradition says, superbly once did bide
Their sculptured goddess on an island near,