<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">To Roosevelt</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">HADST thou been sitting yet in Lincoln's chair,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">A different voice had pealed across the sea,</p><p class="line">Another hand had struck a deeper key,</p><p class="line">A larger note had pulsed upon the air.</p><p class="line">Thou, in whose blood our Scotland hath a share--</p><p class="line">As once on thine own soil august and free</p><p class="line">Thyself didst not unproudly tell to me</p><p class="line">'Mid talk of statecraft wise and songcraft fair--</p><p class="line">Thou hadst not watched our throes with breast supine,</p><p class="line">Nor dost thou now, nor doth thy mighty land.</p><p class="line">Something of her vast soul we understand,</p><p class="line">And well we know, that in this hour malign,</p><p class="line">Not human heart she lacks, but tongue divine,</p><p class="line">To rouse the thunders lulled in her right hand.</p></div></body></html> · Great War