Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OUR CAUSE, by WILLIAM JAMES LINTON Poet's Biography First Line: So, freedom, thy great quarrel may we Last Line: Of falsehood echo truth, and own thee fair. Alternate Author Name(s): Spartacus Subject(s): Freedom; Liberty | ||||||||
So, Freedom, thy great quarrel may we serve, With truest zeal that, sensitive of blame, Ever thy holy banner would preserve As pure as woman's love or knightly fame. And though detraction's flood we proudly breast, Or, weakening, sink in that unfathom'd sea, Ever we'll keep aloft our banner, lest Even the black spray soil its purity. My life be branded and my name be flung To infamy; -- beloved, I will wear Thy beauty on my shield, till even the tongue Of falsehood echo truth, and own thee fair. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE THE WILD SWAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE QUARTET IN F MAJOR by WILLIAM MEREDITH CROSS THAT LINE by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE EMANCIPATION by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER EPICUREAN by WILLIAM JAMES LINTON A THRENODY: IN MEMORY OF ALBERT DARASZ, SELECTION by WILLIAM JAMES LINTON |
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