Some Current Verse by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 4, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 27.

Some Current Verse

By Editor

[It has been said that the present wars have inspired no true or great patriotic poems. We would suggest that the greatest and best poetic productions, some of which are loyally patriotic, are on the wrong side, to draw the acclaim of a multitude who are wedded to "country, right or wrong," more than to principles of right. The following productions are all passable verse, and some ring with true poetry while the sentiment of all will find some response in liberty-loving hearts. We quote them not for any political sentiment they may contain, but for the moral element in them.]