Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY POLITICAL FAITH, by GEORGE FREDERICK CAMERON Poet's Biography First Line: I am not of those fierce, wild wills Last Line: And freedom to each lovely land. Subject(s): Freedom; Politics & Government; Liberty | ||||||||
I am not of those fierce, wild wills, Albeit from loins of warlike line, To wreck laws human and divine Alike, that on a million ills I might erect one sacred shrine To Freedom: nor again am I Of these who could be sold and bought To fall before a Juggernaut: I hold all "royal right" a lie Save that a royal soul hath wrought! It is in the extreme begins And ends all danger: if the Few Would feel, or if the Many knew This fact, the mass of fewer sins Would shrive them in their passing through: O'er all God's footstool not a slave Should under his great glory stand, For men would rise, swift sword in hand, And give each tyrant to his grave And freedom to each lovely land. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE THE WILD SWAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE QUARTET IN F MAJOR by WILLIAM MEREDITH CROSS THAT LINE by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE EMANCIPATION by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER DEATH (IN MEMORIAM MAGGIE MEAGHER) by GEORGE FREDERICK CAMERON |
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