Go forth to the Mount - bring the olive branch home, And rejoice, for the day of our Freedom is come! - From that time , when the moon upon Ajalon's vale , Looking motionless down, saw the kings of the earth, In the presence of GoD's mighty Cham pion grow pale Oh, never had Judah an hour of such mirth! Go forth to the Mount -- bring the olive branch home, And rejoice, for the day of our Freedom is come! Bring myrtle and palm- bring the boughs of each tree That's worthy to wave o'er the tents of the Free. From that day when the footsteps of Israel shone With a light not their own, thro' the Jordan's deep tide, Whose waters shrunk back as the Ark glided on Oh, never had Judah an hour of such pride! Go forth to the Mount bring the olive branch home, And rejoice, for the day of our Freedom is come! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOMING BRAVES by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A LITANY OF ATLANTA by WILLIAM EDWARD BURGHARDT DU BOIS ON A CHILD by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR SHE CAME AND WENT by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL HONEY DRIPPING FROM THE COMB by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY CHILD OF THE ROMANS by CARL SANDBURG MINNIE AND WINNIE by ALFRED TENNYSON |