Give Us Men

J.G. Holland

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1819 to 1881

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Mingle in selfish strife—lo! Freedom weeps,
Men who have honor; men who will not lie;
Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy;
Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog,
Men who can stand before a demagogue,
God give us men; a time like this demands
In public duty and in private thinking;
Men whom the lust of office cannot kill;
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands.
Wrong rules the land, and waiting Justice sleeps.
Men who possess opinions and a will;
Its large professions, and its little deeds,
For while the rabble, with its thumb-worn creeds,
And brave his treacherous flatteries without winking;

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