| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1574. The Homing |
| | | By John Jerome Rooney |
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| ADMIRAL, Admiral, sailing home— | |
| Sailing home through the far, dim seas, | |
| Know you the sound that over the foam | |
| Rises and sinks in the sunset breeze? | |
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| Know you the thrill and know you the start | 5 |
| That pulses and runs through the wind and the spray, | |
| Pulses and runs from a nation’s heart | |
| To meet you and greet you over the way? | |
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| Not for the might of your guns alone, | |
| Thundering doom by the Eastern gate; | 10 |
| Not for the bugle of victory blown,— | |
| Not for these do we watch and wait! | |
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| The glory is sweet—ay, sweet to the soul | |
| Of a people proud in the pride of youth, | |
| But sweeter to know, as the seasons roll, | 15 |
| Our men, as of old, are men in truth! | |
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