Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHAT MAKES A NATION GREAT?, by ALEXANDER BLACKBURN First Line: Not serried ranks with flags unfurled Last Line: Be god's delightman's best estate. Subject(s): Religion; Theology | ||||||||
Not serried ranks with flags unfurled, Not armored ships that gird the world, Not hoarded wealth nor busy mills, Not cattle on a thousand hills, Not sages wise, nor schools nor laws, Not boasted deeds in freedom's cause All these may be, and yet the state In the eye of God be far from great. That land is great which knows the Lord, Whose songs are guided by His word; Where justice rules 'twixt man and man, Where love controls in art and plan; Where, breathing in his native air, Each soul finds joy in praise and prayer Thus may our country, good and great, Be God's delightman's best estate. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY THE SOCIOLOGY OF TOYOTAS AND JADE CHRYSANTHEMUMS by HAYDEN CARRUTH A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 19. THE FAIRY QUEEN PROSERPINA by THOMAS CAMPION |
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