Thou two-faced year, Mother of Change and Fate, Didst weep when Spain cast forth with flaming sword, The children of the prophets of the Lord, Prince, priest, and people, spurned by zealot hate. Hounded from sea to sea, from state to state, The West refused them, and the East abhorred. No anchorage the known world could afford, Close-locked was every port, barred every gate. Then smiling, unveil'dst, O two-faced year, A virgin world where doors of sunset part, Saying, "Ho, all who weary, enter here! There falls each ancient barrier that the art Of race or creed or rank devised, to rear Grim bulwarked hatred between heart and heart!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON A CARRIER WHO DIED OF DRUNKENNESS by GEORGE GORDON BYRON MOTLEY by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE ON SEEING BLENHEIM CASTLE by LUCY AIKEN POLAND by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN DEEDS UNDONE by GAMALIEL BRADFORD VERSES DESIGNED FOR A WATCH CASE by JOHN BYROM |