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ALCALCALIN
LAFAYETTE
By RICHARD A. PURDY
Lafayette: At our cry from the cradle you came
And beside that of Washington listed your name.
You had come at the call of the Colonies stand,
You had come in your youth with your sword in your
hand.
When you went you had seen Freedom's banner
unfold
In the new western world by the help of the old.
You returned in your age on a visit, to greet
All the sons of the Fathers who knelt at your
feet,
While the rising Republic proclaiming its debt,
Hailed the friend of America-brave Lafayette.
Yet the homage we gave was the only reward
To the country that lent us the strength of your
sword.
Then a century's silence enveloped your tomb,
When the France that you loved, overwhelmed and in
gloom,
Saw the shadow of rape, the eclipse of her sun,
In the on-coming hideous hordes of the Hun
Like a great tidal wave that engulfs and destroys
Like an earthquake that shatters with thunderous
noise!
But the ocean was open, we steered for your
shores
Through the lines of sea-monsters with outstretching
claws-
Not a handful, but millions, to join the advance
And to serve by the side of the soldiers of
France.
--
Let us hope that your spirit was hovering near
When we said at your tomb- "Lafayette, we are
here."
ONA
ZALA
ANANALO
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