<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">To the United States</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">GREAT, O majestic Nation, great is calm !</p><p class="line">Great, when old bounds dissolve, to tower apart,</p><p class="line">There beyond Europe's throes, and with a heart</p><p class="line">At peace, from northern pine to southern palm.</p><p class="line">Great, in glad harvest-time, to send the psalm</p><p class="line">Rolling to Heaven, nor be as they who start</p><p class="line">At mutter of far cannon : and when the Mart</p><p class="line">Rocks to and fro delirious, great is calm.</p><p class="line">But when a Despot, swoln with the desire</p><p class="line">Of boundless sway, forbears not to uncage</p><p class="line">War's wolves on shieldless youth and guardless age,</p><p class="line">Greater, O Nation, greater then is ire!</p><p class="line">Doff <em>then</em> thy placid mien : unleash thy rage,</p><p class="line">And sear and blast him with thy lips of fire.</p></div></body></html> · Great War