TO ANDREW CARNEGIE.

By Irving Sidney Dix

Philanthropist, far-sighted millionaire,

Lover of prose and friend of poetry,

What needs my pen in furtherance declare

Thou art also a friend of liberty,—

Thou art, indeed, a very Prince of Peace,

Who, conscious of the uselessness of war,

Believest man's red carnage soon should cease,

And nations now for nobler things prepare:

What needs my pen in furtherance recite

Thy kindly interest in the weal of man —

Yet, lacking need, I nothing lose to write,

But rather gain in praising as I can,

For, if thy wealth the world sweet peace may give,

Perhaps my lines in praise of peace may live.