O PATRIOT Statesman, be thou wise to know The limits of resistance, and the bounds Determining concession; still be bold Not only to slight praise but suffer scorn; And be thy heart a fortress to maintain The day against the moment, and the year Against the day; thy voice, a music heard Thro' all the yells and counter-yells of feud And faction, and thy will, a power to make This ever-changing world of circumstance, In changing, chime with never-changing Law. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PSALM 83 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE FLOWER-GATHERERS by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN TO EDWARD NOEL LONG, ESQ. by GEORGE GORDON BYRON WEST 58TH STREET by MELVILLE CANE TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. O CHILD OF URANUS by EDWARD CARPENTER |