Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BOUGHT WITH A PRICE, by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Ay, a price! What price! Ye saved ones of these later ages Last Line: And make the sweet planet a home of humanity -- free. Alternate Author Name(s): Leigh, Arbor; Guggenberger, Mrs. Ignatz; Bevington, L. S. Subject(s): Freedom; Liberty | ||||||||
Ay, a price! What price? Ye saved ones of these later ages, Ye few who have learnt to be free, and have true things to tell? The price of the past generations of blind men and sages Who lived for you, died for you, suffered, and went down to hell And never came back! Savage sinners, the conquered, despised; Crude spokesmen of chaos they sprang from, all lusty with dew-time; Then, singly, messiahs blood-sweating for order and beauty; In their day all failures; all martyrs for us of the new time. Ay, bought with a price! my sisters and brothers, this moment We live, and know how, and know why, and have nothing to fear; We are debtors, dear comrades! Oh, think of the Calvaries suffered; Hands round: true to trust: "Millenium" is bound to appear. 'Tis our generation must fight the last fight against Warfare, Must hurl the god Mammon in depths of oblivion's sea, Unmask and drive from us all tyrannous Powers of Darkness And make the sweet planet a Home of Humanity -- free. | 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 EGOISME A DEUX' by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON |
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