Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEMOCRACY, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT Poet's Biography First Line: Democracy, those men have done thee wrong Last Line: See freedom widen in the people's care. Subject(s): Democracy | ||||||||
Democracy, those men have done thee wrong, That paint thee flaunting, with a brutal face. Not to Rome's proletarian populace, Nor Paris mobs that round a red flag throng, Nor London slums of saturate sin belong Such names -- deluded, pitiable race -- Though in their husky mutterings we can trace God urging brotherhood upon the strong. Democracy on law and virtue stands: The home it loves and children at the knee; Its bread it earns, its lips can speak in prayer. Though greed and pride would bind its giant hands, I trust the conscience of humanity, See freedom widen in the people's care. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER THE NEWSCAST by ANSELM HOLLO CROSSTOWN by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER DEMOS by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON BY BLUE ONTARIO'S SHORE by WALT WHITMAN FOR YOU O DEMOCRACY by WALT WHITMAN THE COMMONPLACE by WALT WHITMAN THE BLIND MAN by WILLIAM HERVEY ALLEN JR. TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 1 by EDWARD CARPENTER TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. AS A WOMAN OF A MAN by EDWARD CARPENTER A CALL TO PRAYER by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT |
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