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Classic and Contemporary Poetry | |||
GIVE US Men! Men -- from every rank, Fresh and free and frank; Men of thought and reading, Men of light and leading, Men of loyal breeding, The nation's welfare speeding; Men of faith and not of fiction, Men of lofty aim in action; Give us Men -- I say again, Give us Men! Give us Men! Strong and stalwart ones; Men whom highest hope inspires, Men whom purest honor fires, Men who trample self beneath them, Men who make their country wreathe them As her noble sons, Worthy of their sires; Men who never shame their mothers, Men who never fail their brothers, True, however false are others: Give us Men -- I say again, Give us Men! Give us Men! Men who, when the tempest gathers, Grasp the standard of their fathers In the thickest fight; Men who strike for home and altar, (Let the coward cringe and falter), God defend the right! True as truth the lorn and lonely, Tender, as the brave are only; Men who tread where saints have trod, Men for Country, Home -- and God: Give us Men! I say again -- again -- Give us Men! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BITTER-SWEET: CRADLE SONG [OR, BABYHOOD] by JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND THE NEED FOR MEN by JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND WHERE SHALL THE BABY'S DIMPLE BE? by JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND AN INVOCATION TO SLEEP by JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND BITTER-SWEET: IN THE CELLAR by JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND BITTER-SWEET: THE COST OF WORTH by JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND DANIEL GRAY by JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND LULLABY by JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND ON THE RIGHI by JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND THE OLD CLOCK OF PRAGUE by JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND |
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