Gather together the nations! proclaim the war to all: Armor and sword are girding in palace, tower, and hall; The kings of the earth are donning their feudal mail again- Gather together the nations! arouse and arm the men. Who cometh out of the North? 'Tis Russia's mighty Czar; With giant hand he pointeth to a never-setting star; The Cossack springs from his couch - the Tartar leaves his den ! - Ho ! herald souls of Europe, arouse and arm the men. What does the Frank at Rome, with the Russian at the Rhine? And Albion, pallid as her cliffs, shows neither soul nor sign; Pope Pius sickeneth daily, in the foul Sicilian fen - Ho! wardens of the world's strongholds, arouse and arm the men. The future circleth nearer on its grey portentious wings, Pale are the cheeks of princes, and sore afraid are kings ! - Once faced by the furious nations, they'll flee in fear, and then, By the right divine of the fittest, we shall have the reign of men! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOHANNA PEDERSEN by KAREN SWENSON THE CHINESE LAUNDRYMAN by KAREN SWENSON THE GOODLY SONG by PAUL VERLAINE THE NEW COLOSSUS by EMMA LAZARUS CRADLE SONG AT TWILIGHT by ALICE MEYNELL A FAREWELL TO AMERICA, TO MRS. S. W. by PHILLIS WHEATLEY CHARACTERS: MARTHA JENNINGS by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF SIR SAMUEL ROMILLY by BERNARD BARTON |