Greater than memory of Achilles or Ulysses, More, more by far to thee than tomb of Alexander, Those cart loads of old charnel ashes, scales and splints of mouldy bones, Once living men -- once resolute courage, aspiration, strength, The stepping stones to thee to-day and here, America. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ORACLES by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN MAUDE CLARE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 119 by ALFRED TENNYSON SONNET WRITTEN IN THE FALL OF 1914: 2 by GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY A CHRISTMAS HYMN by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER |