Page:Poems Jones.djvu/134

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been validated.
128
THE REALM OF THE WEST.
Have ye heard of our armies, so valiant and true?
The flag of the serpent did writhe in the sun;
But they marched to the field with the "Red, White, and Blue,"
And saved from the traitor our "Many in One."
  Kings cannot govern, etc.

'Tis the psalm of the Free that is borne on the breeze:
It leaps from the heart of each patriot son,
While the full, surging chorus is sung by the seas,—
"Forever and ever—The 'Many in One!'"
  Kings cannot govern this land of our choice:
   Liberty loves us, and Peace is our guest:
  Shout for the Union with heart and with voice—
   God is our King in this Realm of the West!