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When Bryan Speaks

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When Bryan speaks, the town's a hive.      From miles around, the autos drive.      The sparrow chirps. The rooster crows.      The place is kicking and alive.      When Bryan speaks, the bunting glows.      The raw procession onward flows.      The small dogs bark. The children laugh      A wind of springtime fancy blows.      When Bryan speaks, the wigwam shakes.      The corporation magnate quakes.      The pre-convention plot is smashed.      The valiant pleb full-armed awakes.      When Bryan speaks, the sky is ours,      The wheat, the forests, and the flowers.      And who is here to say us nay?      Fled are the ancient tyrant powers.      When Bryan speaks, then I rejoice.      His is the strange composite voice      Of many million singing souls      Who make world-brotherhood their choice.

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