24 RUSSIA THEN AND NOW 



Oh, believe me, seeds of kindness! 



We shall reap from what she brought; 

 If you call us, touched by sadness, 



You shall have our every thought. 



We shall share with you each sorrow, 



By you we shall always stand, 

 But we wish a bright to-morrow 



To each day in your bright land. 



From a woman's unskilled pen 



Please accept these humble greetings, 



And believe that all our men, 



That all Russia, share these feelings. 



At Chicago we'll be meeting 

 There the goblet we shall raise, 



With the world at large repeating 

 Your so well-deserved praise. 



May the thanks and all the blessing, 



Which we call on you to-day, 

 Like the sunlight, warm, caressing, 



Always lie upon your way. 



First in every grand endeavour, 



First in work of every kind, 

 May you thrive and prosper ever, 



Model to all human kind. 



The other poem, composed in English by Made- 

 moiselle Olga de Woehrmann, equally expressive 



