A Celebration of Women Writers

"Pluck" by Ethelwyn Wetherald (1857-1940)
In Garvin, John William, ed. Canadian Poets. Toronto, Canada: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, Publishers, 1916. pp. 176.

Editor: Mary Mark Ockerbloom

Pluck

THANK God for pluck–unknown to slaves–
  The self ne'er of its Self bereft,
Who, when the right arm's shattered, waves
  The good flag with the left.

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Editor: Mary Mark Ockerbloom