| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | A Simple Song for America | | By Karle Wilson Baker |
| | 1917
GATHER us to thy heart, | |
| Lay us thy spirit bare: | |
| Give us in thee our part, | |
| O Mother young and fair! | |
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| Thou art so great, so great, | 5 |
| Thy children are so small, | |
| We cannot guess thy state | |
| Nor compass thee at all. | |
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| Our spirits yearn and ache | |
| To forge, from these few years, | 10 |
| What soberer peoples make | |
| From centuries of tears: | |
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| Love, like a tempered sword, | |
| Glittering forth at need! | |
| We can but pray the Lord | 15 |
| Who knows nor church nor creed, | |
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| The Day-spring from above, | |
| The Truth that maketh free: | |
| Give us great hearts to love | |
| A great land worthily! | 20 | | | |
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