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Friday, December 15, 2017

God, Give Us Men! - A Poem by Josiah Gilbert Holland



God, Give Us Men!


God, give us men! A time like this demands
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands;
   Men who the lust of office does not kill;
Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy;
   Men who possess opinions and a will;
Men who have honor; men who will not lie;
Men who can stand before a demagogue
   And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking!
Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog
   In public duty and in private thinking;
For while the rabble, with their thumb-worn creeds,
Their large professions and their little deeds,
Mingle in selfish strife, lo! Freedom weeps,
Wrong rules the land and waiting Justice sleeps.

- by Josiah Gilbert Holland
from The Best Loved Poems of the American People
compiled by Hazel Felleman

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