Hamilton Fish Armstrong, ed. The Book of New York Verse. 1917.
Intercessional, 1898McCready Sykes
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Priest of the nation’s moral health;
Within whose Post we daily read
The gospel of the rights of wealth;
Great Evening Post, be with us yet,
Lest we forget; lest we forget.
The Journal and the World are lies;
Alone thy Post speaks forth the truth—
Not humble, but divinely wise.
Omniscient Post, don’t leave us yet,
Lest we forget; lest we forget.
Manila falls beneath our fire;
We’re tempted, Larry, to exult—
But chide us with thy caustic ire.
Great Evening Post, reprove us yet,
Lest we forget; lest we forget.
And count the ships the Spaniards lost,
Such boastings as our fathers used—
Benighted folks without the Post;
Godkin, be quick; remind us yet,
Lest we forget; lest we forget.
In twenty-inch guns and armor plate,
And recognizeth not that all—
Save Godkin—are degenerate;
For licking Spain and wicked brag;
Godkin, forgive thy country’s flag.