Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE MARQUIS LA FAYETTE, by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD Poet's Biography First Line: We'll search the earth, and search the sea Last Line: Shall yield a glorious wreath to thee. Subject(s): Lafayette, Marie Joseph, Marquis De | ||||||||
WE'll search the earth, and search the sea, To cull a gallant wreath for thee; And every field for freedom fought, And every mountain height, where aught Of liberty can yet be found, Shall be our blooming harvest ground. Laurels in garlands hang upon Thermopylæ and Marathon-- On Bannockburn the thistle grows -- On Runny Mead the wild rose blows; And on the banks of Boyne, its leaves Green Erin's shamrock wildly weaves. In France, in sunny France, we'll get The fleur-de-lys and mignonette, From every consecrated spot Where lies a martyred Huguenot; And cull, even here, from many a field, And many a rocky height, Bays that our vales and mountains yield, Where men have met, to fight For law, and liberty, and life, And died in freedom's holy strife. Below Atlantic seas-- below The waves of Erie and Champlain; The sea-grass and the corals grow In rostral trophies round the slain; And we can add, to form thy crown, Some branches worthy thy renown! Long may the chaplet flourish bright, And borrow from the Heavens its light. As with a cloud, that circles round A star, when other stars have set, With glory shall thy brow be bound; With glory shall thy head be crowned; With glory, starlike, cinctured yet! For earth, and air, and sky, and sea, Shall yield a glorious wreath to thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRESIDENTIAL COTILLION by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD PERSHING AT THE TOMB OF LAFAYETTE by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR SONNETS ON EMINENT CHARACTERS: 4. LA FAYETTE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE SWORD OF LAFAYETTE (INSCRIBED TO RAYMOND POINCARE) by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON ODE; FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE WASHINGTON LIGHT INFANTRY by CHARLES SPRAGUE SONG; WRITTEN FOR PARTING DINNER GIVEN TO LAFAYETTE by CHARLES SPRAGUE TO A FRIEND by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD A MARINER'S SONG by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD A RAINY DAY by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD |
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