<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">Tradition in Art and Letters</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">SHE guards, not binds, coerces not, but</p><p class="line">shields,</p><p class="line">And o'er this proud though little land of Me,</p><p class="line">Not an immediate governance she wields,</p><p class="line">But a Protectorate and a Suzerainty.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Within her ambience, fetterless I dwell.</p><p class="line">Under the still monition of her eye.</p><p class="line">Not my custodian she, but sentinel,</p><p class="line">And less a bound or barrier than a sky.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Therefore I keep, or strive to keep, her law.</p><p class="line">While some break from her with insurgence</p><p class="line">rude;</p><p class="line">And as for these, when I looked forth and saw</p><p class="line"><em>Their</em> liberty, then chose I servitude.</p></div></body></html> · Great War