The verse is called "For America." Our understanding is that Rudolf Steiner gave it to a woman who held a study group in New York for use with that group and that his intent was that it be used to connect with the spiritual intent of the United States. Below is another translation (not ours, we don't know whose) and the German original.

For America

May our feeling reach
To our heart's inmost core,
And seek to unite in love
With men of like aims,
With those spirits who, full of grace,
Look down on our earnest heartfelt striving,
Sending strength out of regions of light,
Bringing light into our love.

Dringe unser Fuehlen
In unseres Herzens Mittelpunkt,
Und suche in Liebe sich zu vereinen
Mit den Menschen gleichen Ziele,
Mit den Geistern die gnadevoll
Auf unser ernstlich-herzliches Streben
Aus Lichtregionen uns staerkend
Und unsere Liebe erhellend
Herunterschauen.

Via e-mail från: Bob Lathe/Nancy Whittaker

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