My Heritage.

I am rich in the treasures of earth, In the deeds that the fathers have done, And for me from the moment of birth All the gifts of the stars and the sun! At my feet have the multitudes cast What the ages have conquered and wrought,— All the wonders of present and past, All the truths that the sages have taught. I'm the heir of the sea and the sky, Of the storm and the sun and the star, And the morning of time toils for me Till I cross o'er the outermost bar. Every truth that the teachers attained, Every vision the dreamers have known Every thought the philosophers gained, Is forever and ever my own. I'm the heir of the land and the sea! 'Twas for me that they finished their quest; For they toiled the slow cycles for me And they wrought that my days may be blest!