To Professor Morse: in pleasant memory of Oct. 10, 1856, at the Albion.
A good and generous spirit ruled the hour,
Old jealousies drown’d in brotherhood,
Philanthropy rejoiced that skill & power
Servants to science compass all men’s good;
And over all Religion’s banner stood
Upheld by thee, true Patriarch of the plan
Which in two hemispheres was schemed to shower
Mercies from God on universal Man.
Yes: this electric chain from East to West
More than mere metal, more than Mammon can
Binds us together, Kinsmen, in the best
As most affectionate & frankest bond,
Brethren at one, – and looking far beyond
The World in an electric Union blest.
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