History & Politics
The Red Cross
From The Poems of Henry van Dyke (1925)
Sign of the Love Divine
That bends to bear the load
Of all who suffer, all who bleed,
Along life's thorny road:
Sign of the Heart Humane,
That through the darkest fight
Would bring to wounded friend and foe
A ministry of light:
O dear and holy sign,
Lead onward like a star!
The armies of the just are thine,
And all we have and are.
Codex Note
From "The Red Flower and Golden Stars". Dated October 20, 1918 in the source. Printed beneath the poem: For the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call.
Cite this poem
MLA
Dyke, Henry van. “The Red Cross.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/vandyke/159/.
Chicago
Dyke, Henry van. “The Red Cross.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/vandyke/159/.
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