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Surrounded that great Guardian of the Sea.
That Father-Mother-of the mighty main.
While loud in valley and on field and hill-
And over anguished plain
The battles thundered. God himself is still
And hidden from men's view; and it were meet
That this subliminal force
Should move in utter silence on its course
Invisible-Inaudible-till that hour
When Time, Fate's Minister, should speak and say-
‘Come forth! and show thy power! '
When Time commands, even the gods obey.
Was driven from the Sea. All impotent
The brazen braggart went.
While commerce sent her brave ships to and fro;
And from Columbia's shores there sailed away
Ten thousand men a day-
Ten thousand men a day! who reached their goals
Bringing new courage to war-weary souls.
Though alien, with the blood of Bunker Hill
Down filtering through my veins, the heart of me
Seems with a mingled love and awe to fill
And overflow at thought of that sublime,
Unparalleled large hour of Time;
When bloodless Victory saw the foes' flag furled-
That insolent menace to a righteous world.
