Freed from Tradition's bloody racks, New Youth breaks through its stinking moats— The hands of God upon their backs, The song of Christ along their throats! They come! New challenges are hurled Up stars! ... Arm-linked, beside their wives, There's no flag in the whole wide world Worth one split-second of their lives! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOR THE BED AT KELMSCOTT by WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) CALVARY by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON THE THIRD OF FEBRUARY, 1852 by ALFRED TENNYSON PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 76. YA WALI by EDWIN ARNOLD SONG; IN IMITATION OF SHAKESPEARE'S 'BLOW, BLOW, THOU WINTER WIND' by JAMES BEATTIE PSALME 137 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |