Florence Churchill Casebeer - XIII. Herbert Hoover lyrics

A father is our greatest need today! For all our willful, careless venturing, But though one move and act for us,--sighing We see him not or understand the way He marks from dark to light, and still men say All, all is night! Where is the soul we sing! "Land of the Pilgrim's pride"! Better to bring A mumbled word, than no homage to pay! Yet fatherlike he stands for us and prays, His judgment and his power may be our strength. He knows our human need, our old time fears, And though it seem his cautious arm delays, His eye surveys our land--its breadth, its length-- O will he guide us through when this storm clears?