Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO FRANCE, by HERBERT JONES First Line: Those who have stood for thy cause when the dark was around thee Last Line: And all who have loved thee, they rise and salute and revere thee! Subject(s): World War I - France | ||||||||
THOSE who have stood for thy cause when the dark was around thee, Those who have pierced through the shadows and shining have found thee, Those who have held to their faith in thy courage and power, Thy spirit, thy honor, thy strength for a terrible hour, Now can rejoice that they see thee in light and in glory, Facing whatever may come as an end to the story In calm undespairing, with steady eyes fixed on the morrow The morn that is pregnant with blood and with death and with sorrow. And whether the victory crowns thee, O France the eternal, Or whether the smoke and the dusk of a nightfall infernal Gather about thee, and us, and the foe; and all treasures Run with the flooding of war into bottomless measures Fall what befalls: in this hour all those who are near thee And all who have loved thee, they rise and salute and revere thee! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...O GLORIOUS FRANCE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS FROM FRANCE by ISAAC ROSENBERG NAPOLEON'S TOMB by DANA BURNET INFANTRY by PATRICK REGINALD CHALMERS FLOWER BEDS IN THE TUILERIES by GRACE ELLERY CHANNING-STETSON QUI VIVE? by GRACE ELLERY CHANNING-STETSON PLACE DE LA CONCORDE by FLORENCE EARLE COATES TO GALLANT FRANCE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE BALLAD WHICH ANNE ASKEW MADE AND SANG WHEN SHE WAS IN NEWGATE by ANNE ASKEWE |
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