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inis-edanay-nd1st ier f a ut ire ng. Ive eir ey, of en, igeac-ty,lasedontoinal-Doananly-aletou *ss I nt-ou onlTIngaje-lonlienrpati-td,adtieA LEADER OF THE PEOPLE“A Leader of the People,” as used byGertrude Breslau Hunt in a eulogy of Eugene V. Debs.)We want to greet our elder brother here,Lover of men, thinker, doer, seer.He comes with word wherein the whole world’s gladness shall be heard.A hero who desires not any throne,But would build the comrade kingdom stone by stone.That kingdom that is greater than our dream,Breaking through ancient darkness gleam by gleamThrilled by the cosmic oneness, he doth rise,Youth in his heart and morning in his eyes.While glory fallen from the far-off goalHath set mysterious splendor on his soul.Not all the fiends that curse in the eclipseCan shake his heart or hush his prophet lipsTho’ every leaf were tongue to cry “You must!”He would not say the unjust thing is just.His cry for justice it doth stir the stonesFrom hills’ black granite to the seraph thrones.C(ccHe is most calm and reverent and strong,And carries in his w'ords the fire of song.He brings a hope unto these weary men,A hope to make the heart grow young again.He sends a call to comrades scattered and afar,“Fear not, we cannot fail, our vision shaH prevail.Truth is the eternal good which sure and fast,Through death and hell holds onward to the last.”i
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Everett Washington Socialist
Everett, Washington, US
Thu, Jan 21, 1915
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