IN THE MESSAGE OFALEXANDER II TO CONGRESS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR Whatever be the meaning of that creed Of the poke-bonnet and the ample brim, Still in the shoes of truth the Quakers tread, When they denounce our wars: forget the prim Staid aspect of these worthy gentlemen, While purely, honestly, for peace they plead; Nor think it shame to propagate the seed Sown by the sober hands of William Penn; Perchance - when to that Northern court they went, They left some saddening thoughts of death and war; And can we think their words were idly spent, If that sweet message of the younger Czar To deaf Americans, were meant to endorse, By the son's act, the father's late remorse? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 32 by PHILIP SIDNEY TALL NETTLES by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS IF THE WORLD WERE RIGHT by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 53. FAREWELL TO JULIET (15) by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE TALENTS by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE AMERICAN CRADLE SONG by ROBERT JONES BURDETTE |