English poem
Ii
by Bliss Carman
Who looked on the world before them, and summoned and chose our sires, Subduing the wayward impulse to the will of their deep desires?
Sovereigns of ultimate issues under the greater laws, Theirs was the mystic mission of the eternal cause;
Confident, tender, courageous, leaving the low for the higher, Lifting the feet of the nations out of the dust and the mire; Luring civilization on to the fair and new, Given God's bidding to follow, having God's business to do.