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ON THE PRESENTATION OF AN AMERICAN BANNER TO CAMP ROCHAMBEAU BY THE MARQUISE DE / ROCHAMBEAU AT TOURS, FRANCE, JUNE 1, 1918
Here is a picture I carry away / On memory's wall. A green June day, / A golden sun in an amethyst sky, / And a beautiful banner floating as high / As the lofty spires of the city of Tours, / And a slender Marquise, with a face as pure / As a sculptured saint: while staunch and true / In new-world khaki and old-world blue, / Wearing their medals with modest pride, / Her stalwart bodyguard stand at her side.
Simple the picture; but much it may mean / To one who reads into and under the scene, / For there, in that opulent hour and weather, / Two great Republics came closer together; / A little nearer came land to land / Through the magical touch of a woman's hand. / And once again as in long ago / The grand old name of de Rochambeau / Shines forth like a star, for our world to see- / Our Land of the Brave, and our Home of the Free.