Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG TO THE MEN OF ENGLAND, by THOMAS CAMPBELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Men of england! Who inherit Last Line: For their birthrights -- so will we! Subject(s): England; Freedom; English; Liberty | ||||||||
MEN of England! who inherit Rights that cost your sires their blood! Men whose undegenerate spirit Has been proved on field and flood: -- By the foes you've fought uncounted, By the glorious deeds you've done. Trophies captured -- breaches mounted, Navies conquered -- kingdoms won! Yet, remember, England gathers Hence but fruitless wreaths of fame, If the freedom of your fathers Glow not in your hearts the same. What are monuments of bravery, Where no public virtues bloom? What avail in lands of slavery, Trophied temples, arch, and tomb? Pageants! -- Let the world revere us For our people's rights and laws, And the breasts of civic heroes Bared in Freedom's holy cause. Yours are Hampden's, Russell's glory, Sidney's matchless shade is yours, -- Martyrs in heroic story, Worth a hundred Agincourts! We're the sons of sires that baffled Crowned and mitred tyranny; -- They defied the field and scaffold For their birthrights -- so will we! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE THE WILD SWAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE QUARTET IN F MAJOR by WILLIAM MEREDITH CROSS THAT LINE by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE EMANCIPATION by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER BATTLE OF THE BALTIC by THOMAS CAMPBELL DOWNFALL OF POLAND [FALL OF WARSAW, 1794] by THOMAS CAMPBELL |
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