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392 TO EMMA LAZARUS

(1905)

CARL SCHURZ

youth he braved a monarch's ire

To set the people's poet free;

Then gave his life, his fame, his fire

To the long praise of liberty.

His life, his fame, his all he gave

That not on earth should live one slave;

True freedom of the soul he sought

And in that battle well he fought.

He fought, and yet he loved not war,

But looked and labored for the day

When the loud cannon silent are

And holy peace alone hath sway.