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The winds of war-news change and veer: / Now westerly and full of cheer, / Now easterly, depressing, sour / With tidings of the Teutons' power.
But thou, America, whose heart / With brave Allies has taken part, / Be not a weathercock to change / With these wild winds that shift and range.
Be thou a compass ever true, / Through sullen clouds or skies of blue, / To that great star which rules the night --
The star of Liberty and Right.
Lover of peace, oh set thy soul, / Thy strength, thy wealth, thy conscience whole, / To win the peace thine eyes foresee --
The triumph of Democracy.
December 19, 1917.