| George Herbert Clarke, ed. (1873–1953). A Treasury of War Poetry. 1917. |
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| 6. England and America |
| | | By Florence T. Holt |
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| MOTHER and child! Though the dividing sea | |
| Shall roll its tide between us, we are one, | |
| Knit by immortal memories, and none | |
| But feels the throb of ancient fealty. | |
| A century has passed since at thy knee | 5 |
| We learnt the speech of freemen, caught the fire | |
| That would not brook thy menaces, when sire | |
| And grandsire hurled injustice back to thee. | |
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| But the full years have wrought equality: | |
| The past outworn, shall not the future bring | 10 |
| A deeper union, from whose life shall spring | |
| Mankind’s best hope? In the dark night of strife | |
| Men perished for their dream of Liberty | |
| Whose lives were given for this larger life. | |
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