| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1286. One Country |
| | | By Frank Lebby Stanton |
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| AFTER all, | |
| One country, brethren! We must rise or fall | |
| With the Supreme Republic. We must be | |
| The makers of her immortality,— | |
| Her freedom, fame, | 5 |
| Her glory or her shame: | |
| Liegemen to God and fathers of the free! | |
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| After all— | |
| Hark! from the heights the clear, strong, clarion call | |
| And the command imperious: “Stand forth, | 10 |
| Sons of the South and brothers of the North! | |
| Stand forth and be | |
| As one on soil and sea— | |
| Your country’s honor more than empire’s worth!” | |
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| After all, | 15 |
| ’T is Freedom wears the loveliest coronal; | |
| Her brow is to the morning; in the sod | |
| She breathes the breath of patriots; every clod | |
| Answers her call | |
| And rises like a wall | 20 |
| Against the foes of liberty and God! | |
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