FRANCE! It is I answering. America! And it shall be remembered not only in our lips but in our hearts And shall awaken forever familiar and new as the morning That we were the first of all lands To be lovers, To run to each other with the incredible cry Of recognition. Bound by no ties of nearness or of knowledge But of the nearness of the heart, You chose me then -- And so I choose you now By the same nearness -- And the name you called me then I call you now -- O Liberty, my Love! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INEBRIATE by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM EASTER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES THE WAYS OF TIME by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES ON THE BUILDING OF SPRINGFIELD by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY AN ALPINE DESCENT by SAMUEL ROGERS THE LOVE OF CHRIST WHICH PASSETH KNOWLEDGE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |