THE WORLD has room for the manly man, with the spirit of manly cheer; The world delights in the man who smiles when his eyes keep back the tear; It loves the man who, when things are wrong, can take his place and stand With his face to the fight and his eyes to the light, and toil with a willing hand; The manly man is the country's need, the moment's need, forsooth, With a heart that beats to the pulsing troop of the lilied leagues of truth; The world is his and it waits for him, and it leaps to hear the ring Of the blow he strikes and the wheels he turns and hammers he dares to swing; It likes the forward look on his face, the poise of his noble head, And the onward lunge of his tireless will and the sweep of his dauntless tread! Hurrah for the manly man who comes with sunlight on his face, And the strength to do and the will to dare and the courage to find his place! The world delights in the manly man, and the weak and evil flee When the manly man goes forth to hold his own on land or sea! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOUTH'S PROGENY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT by ROBERT BURNS FOURTH BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 18 by THOMAS CAMPION THE ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND by HENRY FIELDING ON HEARING A LITTLE MUSIC-BOX by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT THE SHOOTING OF DAN MCGREW by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE AN EPITAPH, ON A FOOLISH BOASTER by PHILIP AYRES |