Men long have fought for their flying flags, They have died those flags to save; Their long staves rest on the shattered breast, They are planted deep in the grave. Now the world's new flag is streaming wide, Far-flying wide and high. It shall cover the earth from side to side As the rainbow rings the sky. The flag of the day when men shall stand For service, not for fight; When every race, in every land, Shall join for the world's delight; When all our flags shall blend in one, And all our wars shall cease, 'Neath the new flag, the true flag, The rainbow flag of peace. On a field of white that bow above Shall arch the world across, And all the colors that we love Glow there without a loss. Orange and green in union new, Proud gold and violet fair, With world-beloved red, white and blue Shall shine together there. Green from the earth that holds us one, All blue of sky and sea, And the golden hue of that great sun In whose light our life must be. Red for the blood of brotherhood, White for the soul's release,— The new flag! The true flag! The rainbow flag of peace! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NATURES COOK by MARGARET LUCAS CAVENDISH RAIN ON A GRAVE by THOMAS HARDY ODE TO THE WEST WIND by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY THE CHILD ALONE: 6. BLOCK CITY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON MY LITTLE CAPE COD MAIDEN by KATHERINE FINNIGAN ANDERSON THE ZONE OF VENUS by ANTIPHANES A LEGEND OF MINNESOTA by LILLIAN ATCHERSON THE PRODIGAL'S BROTHER SPEAKS by BESS SAMUEL AYRES EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 27. THE POWER OF ELOQUENCE IN LOVE by PHILIP AYRES |