Through this May night, if one great ghost should stray With deep remembering eyes, Where that old meadow of battle smiles away Its blood-stained memories, If Washington should walk, where friend and foe Be sure his unquenched heart would leap to know Be sure he walks, in shadowy buff and blue, He bends his head to bless, as dreams come true, Then, with a vaster hope than thought can scan, Prays for that mightier realm of God in man: "Land of new hope, land of the singing stars, The vision of a world set free from wars Bring the new music of mankind to birth, And those old comrades rise around him there, Old foemen, side by side, With eyes like stars upon the brave night air, GROUP AT DEDICATION OF MONUMENT. Captain Cornelius, Canadian Army. President Hibben of Princeton University. Captain de Fourmestraux, French Army. To hear your bells, O beautiful Princeton towers, They see you, piercing like gray swords through flowers, And smile from hearts at peace. In grief the fair face seems- Its conquering glance, To make our sad hearts dance, Our Hope, Love, Stay, Thy countenance Lights land and sea Thy name is France Or Verity. |