OUR fathers fought for liberty; They struggled long and well, History of their deeds can tell -- But did they leave us free? Are we free from vanity, Free from pride, and free from self, Free from love of power and pelf, From everything that's beggarly? Are we free from stubborn will, From low hate and malice small, From opinion's tyrant thrall? Are none of us our own slaves still? Are we free to speak our thought, To be happy, and be poor, Free to enter Heaven's door, To live and labor as we ought? Are we, then, made free at last From the fear of what men say, Free to reverence To-day, Free from slavery of the Past? Our fathers fought for liberty; They struggled long and well, History of their deeds can tell -- But @3ourselves@1 must set us free. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN THE CARPENTER'S SHOP by SARA TEASDALE 1914: 4. THE DEAD by RUPERT BROOKE DOWNFALL OF POLAND [FALL OF WARSAW, 1794] by THOMAS CAMPBELL I DID THIS FOR THEE! WHAT HAST THOU DONE FOR ME? by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL JOSEPH'S COAT by GEORGE HERBERT HUGH SELWYN MAUBERLEY: 7. 'SIENA MI FE' by EZRA POUND |