A Christmas Greeting
Welcome, Brazilian brother—thy ample place is ready;A loving hand—a smile from the north—a sunny instant hall!(Let the future care for itself, where it reveals its troubles,impedimentas,Ours, ours the present throe, the democratic aim, the acceptance andthe faith;)To thee to-day our reaching arm, our turning neck—to thee from usthe expectant eye,Thou cluster free! thou brilliant lustrous one! thou, learning well,The true lesson of a nation’s light in the sky,(More shining than the Cross, more than the Crown,)The height to be superb humanity.