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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NEWPORT, by ALICE DUER MILLER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: On these brown rocks the waves dissolve in a spray
Last Line: "to win religious liberty for these?"
Subject(s): Newport, Rhode Island; Sacrifices; Tradition
First Line: On these brown rocks the waves dissolve in a spray
Last Line: "to win religious liberty for these?"
Subject(s): Newport, Rhode Island; Sacrifices; Tradition
On these brown rocks the waves dissolve in spray
As when our fathers saw them first alee.
If such a one could come again and see
This ancient haven in its latter day,
These haughty palaces and gardens gay,
These dense, soft lawns, bedecked by many a tree
Borne like a gem from Ind or Araby;
If he could see the race he bred, at play —
Bright like a flock of tropic birds allured
To pause a moment on the southward wing
By these warm sands and by these summer seas —
Would he not cry, "Alas, have I endured
Exile and famine, hate and suffering,
To win religious liberty for these?"
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