George Herbert Clarke, ed. (1873–1953). A Treasury of War Poetry. 1917.
Robert Bridges
To the United States of America
B
To wreck our commonwealth, will rue the day
When first they challenged freemen to the fray,
And with the Briton dared the American.
Now are we pledged to win the Rights of man;
Labour and Justice now shall have their way,
And in a League of Peace—God grant we may—
Transform the earth, not patch up the old plan.
Spake for mankind, and ye arose in awe
Of that high call to work the world’s salvation;
Clearing your minds of all estranging blindness
In the vision of Beauty and the Spirit’s law,
Freedom and Honour and sweet Lovingkindness.