‘C OME over into Macedonia and help us!’
Let us look once more to northern lands,
To the little lands,
Where the horizons of humanity
And the cramped spaces
Have widened men's thoughts,
As vastness has cramped ours.
Let us look to the little lands,
Where the gloom of fog and cloud
Has generated energy,
While, with us, insistent sunshine
Has brought forth sterile torpor.
Let us look to those little lands,
Where commerce with humanity
Has engendered generosity and love,
Whilst our solitude and isolation
Have bred meanness and hate.