Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN APPEAL TO AMERICA ON BEHALF OF THE BELGIAN DESTITUTE, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Seven millions stand Last Line: No man can say? Subject(s): Belgium; United States; World War I; America; First World War | ||||||||
SEVEN millions stand Emaciate, in that ancient Delta-land: - We here, full-charged with our own maimed and dead And coiled in throbbing conflicts slow and sore, Can poorly soothe these ails unmerited Of souls forlorn upon the facing shore! - Where naked, gaunt, in endless band on band Seven millions stand. No man can say To your great country that, with scant delay, You must, perforce, ease them in their loud need: We know that nearer first your duty lies; But - is it much to ask that you let plead Your lovingkindness with you - wooingwise - Albeit that aught you owe, and must repay, No man can say? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...D'ANNUNZIO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1915: THE TRENCHES by CONRAD AIKEN TO OUR PRESIDENT by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES CHILDREN OF THE WAR by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE U-BOAT CREWS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE RED CROSS NURSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES WAR PROFITS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE UNCHANGEABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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