Our motors pierce the clouds. They penetrate The depth of oceans. Microscopes reveal New worlds to conquer, while we dedicate Our intellects to strength of stone and steel. We are as proud as those who built a tower To reach to heaven. Recklessly we rear Our lofty Babels, arrogant with power.How dare we boast of cities while we hear The nations groping through the dark along The road of life? What right have we for pride Till Truth is steel, and Faith is iron-strong, Till God and man are working side by side? Then let our prayers and labors never cease; We act the prologue of a masterpiece. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALASKA by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER THE TIMELY MEMENTO by PHILIP AYRES SPLENDID ISOLATION; A MORAL FROM LEXINTON, 1775 by KATHARINE LEE BATES KEATS WAS AN UNBELIEVER by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE OCTOBER by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT |