#title Our Purpose
#author Mary Hansen
#date April 1906
#source Retrieved on 27th December 2024 from [[https://libcom.org/article/volume-1-issue-2][libcom.org]]
#lang en
#pubdate 2024-12-27T16:41:05
#topics Poetry, Liberty, Mother Earth
#notes Published in Mother Earth vol. 1, no. 2.
I come, not with the blaring of trumpet,
To herald the birth of a king;
I come, not with traditional story,
The life of a savior to sing;
I come, not with jests for the silly,
I come, not to worship the strong,
But to question the powers that govern,
To point out a world-old wrong.
To kiss from the starved lips of childhood
The lies that are sapping its breath,
And brighten the brief cheerless valley
That leads to the darkness of death;
With reason and sympathy blended,
And a hope that all mankind shall see,
Untrammeled by Creed, Law or Custom—
The attainable goal of the Free.