The Dawning Future
By William Preston Johnson, President of Tulane University, La
(Closing stanza of patriotic poem, “The Patriot South.”)
Thus, in the march of time, and long procession
Of coming ages, year on year,
We mark the great Republic’s proud career,
Like Philip’s phalanx, manifold,
With bucklers linked, one front against aggression,
Till Freedom’s perfect vision is unrolled,
And man, with eye unsealed, its glories shall behold.