Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO OUR GIRLS, by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR First Line: Our country gives the sons that she has treasured Last Line: Give them a womanhood worth dying for! Subject(s): War - Home Front; Women - Heroes | ||||||||
Our country gives the sons that she has treasured To suffer -- and to die, perhaps -- for you. By God's own standard let your gifts be measured; And to their highest hold you champions true. To keep our country free, our children fearless, Our women clean, they face the hell of war. Arm them with memories pure to courage peerless. Give them a womanhood worth dying for! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 1 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 10 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 11 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 12 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 13 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 14 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 2 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 3 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 4 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A LYNMOUTH WIDOW by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR |
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