Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

The Rainbow of Promise

In the face of the sun are great thunderbolts hurled,
   And the storm-clouds have shut out its light;
But a Rainbow of Promise now shines on the world,
   And the universe thrills at the sight.

’Tis the flag of our Union, the red, white, and blue,
   Our Star-spangled Banner-our pride;
Fair symbol of all that is noble and true,
   Flung out over continents wide.

Flung out in its glory o’er land and o’er sea,
   With a message from God in each star;
And a glorious promise of peace yet to be
   In the fluttering folds of each bar.

A Rainbow of Promise, bright emblem of hope,
   Fair flag of each cause that is just;
No longer in doubt or in darkness we grope-
   In the Star-spangled Banner we trust.

1. At the Boro Boedoer
2. Sonnets of Sorrow. 18. The wise ones tell me that my heart's wild clamour
3. The Coming Man
4. Ye Agents
5. Geraldine

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