Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-07-03 | Page 4 | With Utah Poets

I I I With Utah Poets I II 4 I 4 INDEPENDENCE To the constitution of the U. U S S. A. A Freedom I the right to rule Is for forthe forthe forthe the men who can Honor Is not for tor fools nor for the themen themen themen men Who Vho live by lust and greed Into the dust they and their selfish creed Shall go Virtue will lead The sons of liberty to fulfill the prophecy Born from the blood of heroes Sometimes the gr greed ed for gold has has smeared Your pages but th the bold quick strokes of Justice Have struck then them clean Maybe a a. dreamer I With VIlli his burning dream has mocked you While he dreamed his dreams so often dreamed before I Martyrs 1 have perished for for- Inde Inde- Independence scratched not on paper paper With a nervous pen but Into the hearts of or men men- Burned by the chains of tyranny No stain of trea treason on can withstand The pure Jure clean light of Justice justlee That dir directs ta you Hand ill iii hand go god go d. t tolerance And charity down through the ages Drawn on the pages of the book bool of II life fe Your Tour record stands apart and speaks s Of honor ono and nd of reason Hail to our heritage with loud acI acclaim acclaim ac ac- ac- ac I claim 1 I IAh Ah could it set us free tree from passion passion passion pas pas- sion Or from pride or help us hid hide our vanity ani ty Side by side th v virtue these abide To mock us and no one but ourselves ourselves ourselves our our- selves Can se set us s free Freedom the right to rule Is for forthe forthe forthe the men uen Who first can rule themselves And then-lead then other ther Orlando Eureka Utah i t ij