Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FRANCE, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: France fallen! France arisen! France of the brave! Last Line: Incarnate with the soul of lafayette. Subject(s): France | ||||||||
France fallen! France arisen! France of the brave! France of lost hopes! France of Promethean zeal! Napoleon's France, that bruised the despot's heel Of Europe, while the feudal world did rave. Thou France that didst burst through the rock-bound grave Which Germany and England joined to seal, And undismayed didst seek the human weal, Through which thou couldst thyself and others save -- The wreath of amaranth and eternal praise! When every hand was 'gainst thee, so was ours. Freedom remembers, and I can forget: -- Great are we by the faith our past betrays, And noble now the great Republic flowers Incarnate with the soul of Lafayette. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WHITE PEACOCK by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ALMANACH DU PRINTEMPS VIVAROIS by HAYDEN CARRUTH LETTER TO YOUKI by ROBERT DESNOS ELEGIES FOR THE OCHER DEER ON THE WALLS AT LASCAUX by NORMAN DUBIE LE PERE-LACHAISE by CAROL ANN DUFFY ON TALK OF PEACE AT THIS TIME by ROBERT FROST TO GALLANT FRANCE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ALEXANDER THROCKMORTON by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |
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