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WINDS OF WAR-NEWS
The winds of war-news change and veer
Now westerly and full of
cheer,
Now easterly, depressing, sour
With tidings of the Teutons'
power.
But thou, America, whose heart
With brave Allies has taken part,

Be not a weathercock to change
With these wild winds that shift and
range.
Be thou a compass ever true,
Through sullen clouds or skies of blue,

To that great star which rules the night,--
The star of Liberty and
Right.
Lover of peace, oh set thy soul,
Thy strength, thy wealth, thy
conscience whole,
To win the peace thine eyes foresee,--
The
triumph of Democracy.
December 19, 1917.
RIGHTEOUS WRATH
There are many kinds of hatred, as many kinds of fire;
And some are
fierce and fatal with murderous desire;
And some are mean and
craven, revengeful, sullen, slow,
They hurt the man that holds them
more than they hurt his foe.
And yet there is a hatred that purifies the heart:
The anger of the
better against the baser part,
Against the false and wicked, against the
tyrant's sword,
Against the enemies of love, and all that hate the Lord.
O cleansing indignation, O flame of righteous wrath,
Give me a soul
to feel thee and follow in thy path!
Save me from selfish virtue, arm
me for fearless fight,
And give me strength to carry on, a soldier of

the Right!
January, 1918.
_FACTA NON VERBA_
_Deeds not Words_: I say so too!
And yet I find it somehow true,
A
word may help a man in need,
To nobler act and braver deed.
FROM GLORY UNTO GLORY
American Flag Song
I
O dark the night and dim the day
When first our flag arose;
It
fluttered bravely in the fray
To meet o'erwhelming foes.
Our fathers
saw the splendor shine,
They dared and suffered all;
They won our
freedom by the sign--
The holy sign, the radiant sign--
Of the stars
that never fall.
_Chorus_
All hail to thee, Young Glory!
Among the flags of earth
We'll ne'er
forget the story
Of thy heroic birth.
II
O wild the later storm that shook
The pillars of the State,
When
brother against brother took
The final arms of fate.
But union lived
and peace divine
Enfolded brothers all;
The flag floats o'er them
with the sign--
The loyal sign, the equal sign--
Of the stars that
never fall.
_Chorus_
All hail to thee, Old Glory!
Of thee our heart's desire
Foretells a

golden story,
For thou hast come through fire.
III
O fiercer than all wars before
That raged on land or sea,
The Giant
Robber's world-wide war
For the things that shall not be!
Thy sister
banners hold the line;
To thee, dear flag, they call;
And thou hast
joined them with the sign--
The heavenly sign, the victor sign--
Of
the stars that never fall.
_Chorus_
All hail to thee, New Glory!
We follow thee unfurled
To write the
larger story
Of Freedom for the World.
September 4, 1918.
SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC
Who knows how many thousand years ago
The twelvefold Zodiac
was made to show
The course of stars above and men below?
The great sun plows his furrow by its "lines":
From all its "houses"
mystic meaning shines:
Deep lore of life is written in its "signs."
_Aries_--Sacrifice.
Snow-white and sacred is the sacrifice
That Heaven demands for
what our heart doth prize:
The man who fears to suffer, ne'er can rise.
_Taurus_--Strength.
Rejoice, my friend, if God has made you strong:
Put forth your force
to move the world along:
Yet never shame your strength to do a
wrong.
_Gemini_--Brotherhood.

Bitter his life who lives for self alone,
Poor would he be with riches
and a throne:
But friendship doubles all we are and own.
_Cancer_--The Wisdom of Retreat.
Learn from the crab, O runner fresh and fleet,
Sideways to move, or
backward, when discreet;
Life is not all advance,--sometimes retreat!
_Leo_--Fire.
The sign of Leo is the sign of fire.
Hatred we hate: but no man should
desire
A heart too cold to flame with righteous ire.
_Virgo_--Love.
Mysterious symbol, words are all in vain
To tell the secret power by
which you reign,
The more we love, the less we can explain.
_Libra_--Justice.
Examine well the scales with which you weigh;
Let justice rule your
conduct every day;
For when you face the Judge you'll need fair play
_Scorpio_--Self-Defense.
There's not a creature in the realm of night
But has the wish to live,
likewise the right:
Don't tread upon the scorpion, or he'll fight.
_Sagittarius_--The Archer.
Life is an arrow, therefore you must know
What mark to aim at, how
to use the bow,--
Then draw it to the head and let it go!
_Capricornus_--The Goat.
The goat looks solemn, yet he likes to run,
And leap the rocks, and
gambol in the sun:
The truly wise enjoy a little fun.

_Aquarius_--Water.
"Like water spilt upon the ground,"--alas,
Our little lives flow swiftly
on and pass;
Yet may they bring rich harvests and green grass!
_Pisces_--The Fishes.
Last of the sacred signs, ye bring to me
A word of hope, a word of
mystery,--
We all are swimmers in God's mighty sea.
February 28. 1918.
BRITAIN, FRANCE, AMERICA
The rough expanse of democratic sea
Which parts the lands that live
by