GREAT were the hearts, and strong the minds, Of those who framed, in high debate, The immortal league of love that binds ' Our fair broad empire, state with state. And ever hallowed be the hour, When, as the auspicious task was done, A nation's gift, the sword of power, Was given to glory's unspoiled son. That noble race is gone; the suns . Of fifty years have risen and set; The holy links those mighty ones Had forged and knit, are brighter yet. Wide-as our own free race increase Wide shall it stretch the elastic chain, And bind, in everlasting peace, State after state, a mighty train. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NO EXEMPTION FOR TOURISTS by KAREN SWENSON THE JOY OF WRITING by WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA SONG OF THE RABBITS OUTSIDE THE TAVERN by ELIZABETH JANE COATSWORTH THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 101 by OMAR KHAYYAM ODES: BOOK 1: ODE 16. TO CALEB HARDINGE, M.D. by MARK AKENSIDE COME HOME by WILLIAM HERVEY ALLEN JR. |