Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A NATION'S STRENGTH, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON


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First Line: Not gold, but only man can make
Last Line: And lift them to the sky.
Subject(s): Religion; Theology


Not gold, but only man can make
A people great and strong;
Men who, for truth and honor's sake,
Stand fast and suffer long.

Brave men who work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly -
They build a nation's pillars deep
And lift them to the sky.





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