Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.
By John JeromeRooney1574 The Homing
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Sailing home through the far, dim seas,
Know you the sound that over the foam
Rises and sinks in the sunset breeze?
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?
Thundering doom by the Eastern gate;
Not for the bugle of victory blown,—
Not for these do we watch and wait!
Of a people proud in the pride of youth,
But sweeter to know, as the seasons roll,
Our men, as of old, are men in truth!