Free -- free -- who are the free? Those, O God, who are true to Thee; True to the goal of a noble plan, True to the need of their fellow man, True to the call of the inner soul, True to the good of the mighty whole, True, O God, to their brothers and Thee, These -- these -- these are the free. Where -- where -- where are the free, Where on land or the tossing sea? There are they where the need is dire, There are they in the battle-fire, There are they by the bed of pain, There they are dragging the prison chain, Where the toil and the triumph be, There -- there -- there are the free. How -- how -- how will the free Win the goal of their liberty? Ever daring impossible things, Ever trusting the spirit's wings, Stoutly meeting the deadliest foe, Stoutly dealing the final blow, Gladly dying for liberty, Free -- free -- these are the free. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...QUEST by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DOMESDAY BOOK: THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS EPITAPHS OF THE WAR, 1914-18: 'EQUALITY OF SACRIFICE' by RUDYARD KIPLING LAIS' MIRROR by DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS A SONG: REVENGE AGAINST CYNTHIA by PHILIP AYRES SILVER ANNIVERSARY by BEULAH ALLYNE BELL KNIFE OF NOSTALGIA by AVANELLE WILMETH BLAIR |