<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">England and America</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><span class="smallcaps">Mother</span> and child! Though the dividing sea</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Shall roll its tide between us, we are one,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Knit by immortal memories, and none</p><p class="line">But feels the throb of ancient fealty.</p><p class="line">A century has passed since at thy knee</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">We learnt the speech of freemen, caught the fire</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">That would not brook thy menaces, when sire</p><p class="line">And grandsire hurled injustice back to thee.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">But the full years have wrought equality:</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The past outworn, shall not the future bring</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">A deeper union, from whose life shall spring</p><p class="line">Mankind's best hope? In the dark night of strife</p><p class="line">Men perished for their dream of Liberty</p><p class="line">Whose lives were given for this larger life.</p></div><p class="byline">Florence T. Holt</p></body></html> · Great War