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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HYMN OF THE WEST, by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O thou, whose glorious orbs on high Last Line: Land of the new and lordlier race! Subject(s): Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904); Patriotism; Peace; St. Louis, Missouri | |||
O THOU, whose glorious orbs on high Engird the earth with splendor round, From out Thy secret place draw nigh The courts and temples of this ground; Eternal Light, Will with Thy might These domes that in Thy purpose grew, And lift a nation's heart anew! Illumine Thou each pathway here, To show the marvels God hath wrought Since first Thy people's chief and seer Looked up with that prophetic thought, Bade Time unroll The fateful scroll, And empire unto Freedom gave From cloudland height to tropic wave. Poured through the gateways of the North Thy mighty rivers join their tide, And on the wings of morn sent forth Their mists the far-off peaks divide. By Thee unsealed, The mountains yield Ores that the wealth of Ophir shame, And gems enwrought of seven-hued flame. Lo, through what years the soil hath lain, At Thine own time to give increase -- The greater and the lesser grain, The ripening boll, the myriad fleece! Thy creatures graze Appointed ways; League after league across the land The ceaseless herds obey Thy hand. Thou, whose high archways shine most clear Above the plenteous western plain, Thine ancient tribes from round the sphere To breath its quickening air are fain; And smiles the sun To see made one Their brood throughout Earth's greenest space, Land of the new and lordlier race! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SUNSET: ST. LOUIS by SARA TEASDALE CARELESS LOVE by THOMAS SAYERS ELLIS A MOTHER'S PICTURE by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN BETROTHED ANEW by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN FALSTAFF'S SONG by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN JOHN BROWN OF OSAWATOMIE [OCTOBER 16, 1859] by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN KEARNY AT SEVEN PINES [MAY 31, 1862] by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN PAN IN WALL STREET by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN PETER STUYVESANT'S NEW YEAR'S CALL, 1 JAN. 1661 by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN |
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