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How often in the dead years, wakeful, still,
Has he not heard above the wailing wind -
Above the creak, and crunch of breaking ice;
Above the ceaseless straining of the ship;
Above the beating of his lonely heart,
Left desolate by his sad destiny -
Sweet voices calling to him from afar;
Sweet voices calling to him from the South:
While phantom forms of wife and children stood,
White wraiths, amid a phantom world of white.
The goal is won. White desolation lies
Around the ageless axle of the earth;
While robbed of warmth, the never-setting sun
Circles above a world where life is not.
But peace is in his heart, and o'er the Pole,
Blown trim and taut by the wild Arctic wind,
Floats the fair flag he loved and served so well
The Red of patriot blood in battle shed;
The White of willing human sacrifice;
The Blue of heaven and eternal hope.
He stands and watches, weary but erect,
With one hand lifted to salute the flag.
Frederick Resslyn.
Lambert R. Thomas, 507 North Seventh Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
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