"But whether in calm or wrack-wreath, whether by dark or day "The dead dumb fog hath wrapped it—the frozen dews have kissed- 60 [With this poetic plea for the restriction of immigration to the United States, compare the opposite side as represented in Mr. Schauffler's poem, page 386.] Wide open and unguarded, stand our Named of the four winds, North, South, Portals that lead to an enchanted land snow, Majestic rivers sweeping proudly past A realm wherein are fruits of every zone, year The red rose blossoms somewhere-a rich land, ΤΟ A later Eden planted in the wilds, bound But if a slave's foot press it sets him free. wage, And Honor honor, and the humblest man And, with the vision brightening in their eyes, Gone smiling to the fagot and the sword. Wide open and unguarded stand our gates, 20 And through them presses a wild motley throng I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles1 made; Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honey bee, And live alone in the bee-loud glade. And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnets' wings. I wattles. Woven twigs. [For the rondeau form of this poem, see note on Dobson's "When Burbage Played," page 363.] A man must live! We justify To a whole senate bought and sold, · Copyright by the Macmillan Company. Reprinted by special permission. He woos the Poppy and weds the Peach, Inveigles Daffodilly, And then like a tramp abandons each For the gorgeous Canada Lily. He never could box the compass round; He doesn't know port from starboard; But he knows the gates of the Sundown Straits, Where the choicest goods are harbored. He never could see the Rule of Three, He knows the smell of the hydromel As if two and two were five; And hides it away for a year and a day Out in the day, haphazard, alone, With only his whim to pilot him 30 Through the splendid vast of summer. 40 † Reprinted by special permission of Small, Maynard & Company. |