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 1922 
 
 MAIN 
 
GIFT OF 
 
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NATION 
 
 TO THE DAUGHTERS; bF. 
 
 AMERICAN REVOLUTION 
 
 MARY BIRD CLAYES 
 
 COPYRIGHT 
 NINETEEN HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO 
 
BUILDING 
 
 JT& higli; resolve -our Fathers fought for Freedom, 
 
 In'spire'd by* Go'd and lofty Patriotism, 
 "Sjrtsj? %vf> no lieefl f tol hunger, rags and cold. 
 ;> Thteit pass'-wbrifs oii'the march, in field and camp, 
 
 "Endure all hardness like true soldiers brave, 
 
 To found a Nation is a glorious task." 
 
 And when a lasting Vict'ry brought them Peace, 
 
 And gave them Liberty so dearly won, 
 
 They dedicated all they were to build 
 
 The deep and broad foundations of our State. 
 
 A precious corner-stone they set therein, 
 Filled with the priceless treasures of the race, 
 Ideals of honor, loyalty and love 
 For God, for Country and for all mankind. 
 Inscribed thereon were names of noble worth 
 The names of all who from a bounteous store 
 Did freely place great gifts of mind and heart 
 On Freedom's high and holy Altar. 
 
 Then massive blocks of stone, rough-hewn, were sought 
 From all the quarries of the great, wide world 
 Enduring granite and the yield of Paros fair, 
 Without the stain of brutal selfishness, 
 Free from the flaw of avarice ignoble. 
 
 With plummet and the line they laid aright 
 The pile of granite rock that God decreed 
 Should be their blessed privilege to place 
 In this dear Structure of our Sacred Nation. 
 In their far-seeing wisdom did they plan, 
 That all who followed them in years to come 
 Should have a part in setting flawless blocks, 
 With plummet and the line in Freedom's Temple. 
 A train of loyal sons and daughters fair 
 Have held their heritage a sacred trust. 
 When brutal selfishness the stones did mar, 
 And avarice ignoble smeared them o'er, 
 The heirs, full worthy of a race high-minded, 
 With their own blood did wash away each stain, 
 And raised aloft a glorious Edifice, 
 Unsullied, consecrated to mankind, 
 Acceptable to God in Whom they trusted. 
 
A T I O AC BUILDING 
 
 ND we, now, in our turn arc seeking out /?/' *? 
 
 The precious rock, unmarred by avarice, 
 Without the flaw of selfishness of purpose, 
 Stones radiant with high ideals of honor, 
 For we would play our part in Nation building, 
 Would raise aloft a glorious Edifice, 
 Unsullied, consecrated to Mankind, 
 Acceptable to God, in Whom we trust. 
 
 No holier, nobler cause can we espouse 
 Than that of opening wide the eyes of men 
 That they may see the hills on every side 
 Filled with the gleaming Chariots of God, 
 So they may know a Power Invisible 
 Does aid them in the task of keeping pure 
 The massive giant, granite blocks rough-hewn, 
 The whiteness of the yield of Paros fair, 
 That thus they may be filled with high resolve 
 To raise aloft a glorious Edifice, 
 Unsullied, consecrated to mankind, 
 Acceptable to God, hi Whom they trust. 
 
 Mary Bird Clayes. 
 
 Berkeley, California. 
 February 22, 1922. 
 
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