Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Brothers in blood! They who this wrong began Last Line: Freedom and honor and sweet loving-kindness. Alternate Author Name(s): Bridges, Robert+(2) Subject(s): Patriotism; World War I - United States | ||||||||
BROTHERS in blood! They who this wrong began To wreck our commonwealth, will rue the day When first they challenged freemen to the fray, And with the Briton dared the American. Now are we pledged to win the Rights of man; Labor and Justice now shall have their way, And in a League of Peace -- God grant we may -- Transform the earth, not patch up the old plan. Sure is our hope since he who led your nation Spake for mankind, and ye arose in awe Of that high call to work the world's salvation; Clearing your minds of all estranging blindness In the vision of Beauty and the Spirit's law, Freedom and Honor and sweet Loving-kindness. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOU SAY YOU SAID by MARIANNE MOORE THE WILLIAM P. FRYE [FEBRUARY 28, 1915] by JEANNE ROBERT FOSTER ABRAHAM LINCOLN WALKS AT MIDNIGHT by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY THE NEW CRUSADE by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE NEW WORLD; TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES by LAURENCE BINYON AMERICA AT ST. PAUL'S by MARGARETTA BYRDE TO AMERICA IN WAR TIME by OSCAR W. FIRKINS RUSSIA - AMERICA by JOHN GALSWORTHY THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1776 by MAURICE HENRY HEWLETT A PASSER-BY by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES |
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