The American Volunteers
By Marie Van Vorst (1867-1936) |
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NEUTRAL! America,
you cannot give
To your sons' souls neutrality. Your
powers
Are sovereign, Mother, but past histories live
In hearts as young as ours.
We who are free disdain
oppression, lust
And infamous raid. We have been pioneers
For freedom and our code of honor must
Dry and not
startle tears.
We've read of Lafayette, who came to
give
His youth, with his companions and their powers,
To help the Colonies--and heroes live
In hearts as young
as ours!
Neutral! We who go forth with sword and
lance,
A little band to swell the battle's flow,
Go
willingly, to pay again to France
Some of the debt we
owe. |
By
Marie Van Vorst (1867-1936)
Listed October 8, 2012
Note: In the long months before the United States entered
World War I many Americans took service under the flag of
France.
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