| Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Smoke and Steel. 1922. |
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| IV. Playthings of the Wind |
| 12. Prayers After World War |
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| WANDERING oversea dreamer, | |
| Hunting and hoarse, Oh daughter and mother, | |
| Oh daughter of ashes and mother of blood, | |
| Child of the hair let down, and tears, | |
| Child of the cross in the south | 5 |
| And the star in the north, | |
| Keeper of Egypt and Russia and France, | |
| Keeper of England and Poland and Spain, | |
| Make us a song for to-morrow. | |
| Make us one new dream, us who forget, | 10 |
| Out of the storm let us have one star. | |
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| Struggle, Oh anvils, and help her. | |
| Weave with your wool. Oh winds and skies. | |
| Let your iron and copper help, | |
| Oh dirt of the old dark earth. | 15 |
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| Wandering oversea singer, | |
| Singing of ashes and blood, | |
| Child of the scars of fire, | |
| Make us one new dream, us who forget. | |
| Out of the storm let us have one star. | 20 |
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