LIBERTY, fiery Goddess, dangerous Saint! God knows I worship thee no less than they Who fain would set thee in the common way To battle at their sides without restraint, Redoubtable Amazon! Who, never faint, Climbest the barricades at break of day, With tangled locks and blood-besmirched array, Thy torch low-smoking through the carnage taint! But I would set thee in a golden shrine Above the enraptured eyes of dreaming men, Where thou shouldst reign immutable, divine, A hope to all generations and a sign; Slow-guiding to the stars, through quag and fen, The scions of thine aye-unvanquished line! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE COTTON CLUB by CLARENCE MAJOR HE RULETH NOT THROUGH HE RAIGNE OVER REALMES by THOMAS WYATT THE SUN GOD by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE THE WHITE KNIGHT'S SONG by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON GASCOIGNE'S GOOD MORROW by GEORGE GASCOIGNE |