Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AMERICA TO GREAT BRITAIN, by WASHINGTON ALLSTON Poet's Biography First Line: All hail! Thou noble land Last Line: "we are one." Subject(s): Great Britain; Patriotism; United States; America | ||||||||
ALL hail; thou noble land, Our Fathers' native soil! O, stretch thy mighty hand, Gigantic grown by toil, O'er the vast Atlantic wave to our shore! For thou with magic might Canst reach to where the light Of Phoebus travels bright The world o'er! The genius of our clime From his pine-embattled steep Shall hail the guest sublime; While the Tritons of the deep With their conchs the kindred league shall pro- claim. Then let the world combine -- O'er the main our naval line Like the Milky Way shall shine Bright in flame! Though ages long have passed Since our Fathers left their home, Their pilot in the blast, O'er untravelled seas to roam, Yet lives the blood of England in our veins! And shall we not proclaim That blood of honest fame Which no tyranny can tame By its chains? While the language free and bold Which the Bard of Avon sung, In which our Milton told How the vault of heaven rung When Satan, blasted, fell with his host; While this, with reverence meet, Ten thousand echoes greet, From rock to rock repeat Round our coast; While the manners, while the arts, That mould a nation's soul, Still cling around our hearts, -- Between let Ocean roll, Our joint communion breaking with the sun: Yet still from either beach The voice of blood shall reach, More audible than speech, "We are One." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS WATCH THE LIGHTS FADE by ROBINSON JEFFERS AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE MEETING YOU AT THE PIERS by KENNETH KOCH |
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