Swords and Plowshares/The Proposed Dewey Arch

​The Proposed Dewey Arch

BUILD up your arch. Lay snowy stone on stone To herald to the world your glittering pride In foreign conquest. Lightly fling asideThat irksome creed of Liberty outgrown.Let your new toys, your ships and guns, atone For broken faith and precedent defied. Proclaim your marble goddess far and wideFreedom no more, but Might, and Might alone!
Nay, 'tis a whited sepulcher you raise, Whereon shall this stern epitaph be read:"Here at the silent parting of the ways Fell Liberty, betrayed, beguiled, misled.Pray for her, stranger, that in happier days She may be raised immortal from the dead."

This article is issued from Wikisource. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.