A Christmas Greeting

WELCOME, Brazilian brother—thy ample place is ready;

A loving hand—a smile from the north—a sunny instant hail!

(Let the future care for itself, where it reveals its troubles, im-pedimentasimpedimentas,

Ours, ours the present throe, the democratic aim, the acceptance and the faith;)

To thee to-day our reaching arm, our turning neck—to thee from us the expectant eye,

Thou cluster free! thou brilliant lustrous one! thou, learning well,

The true lesson of a nation's light in the sky,

(More shining than the Cross, more than the Crown,)

The height to be superb humanity.