<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">Holy Russia</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">The world shall be made new</p><p class="line">Since thou hast found thy soul.</p><p class="line">There shall be freedom for the Jew</p><p class="line">And justice for the Pole.</p><p class="line">Finland's chain shall break</p><p class="line">As breaks the ice in spring,</p><p class="line">And spirits like the birds awake</p><p class="line">That were too sad to sing.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Throughout the troubled earth</p><p class="line">Prophetic tremors run --</p><p class="line">It is the travail of the birth</p><p class="line">Of Freedom's youngest son.</p><p class="line">Dreams that have been as dead</p><p class="line">Rise glorious from their grave</p><p class="line">As throb to a deliverer's tread</p><p class="line">The pulses of the slave.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Torch of the Holy Fires,</p><p class="line">Lead us along thy way</p><p class="line">Up to the vision of our sires</p><p class="line">That we have cloaked with clay!</p><p class="line">Humbly we yield to thee</p><p class="line">The glory of the van.</p><p class="line">Lead on, where calls through liberty</p><p class="line">The brotherhood of man!</p></div><p class="byline">-- Amelia Josephine Burr.<br xmlns:exist="http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/> The Outlook. </p></body></html> · Great War