Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REPUBLIC TO REPUBLIC, 1776-1917, by WITTER BYNNER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: France! / it is I answering Last Line: O liberty, my love! Alternate Author Name(s): Morgan, Emanuel Subject(s): France; World War I; First World War | ||||||||
FRANCE! It is I answering. America! And it shall be remembered not only in our lips but in our hearts And shall awaken forever familiar and new as the morning That we were the first of all lands To be lovers, To run to each other with the incredible cry Of recognition. Bound by no ties of nearness or of knowledge But of the nearness of the heart, You chose me then -- And so I choose you now By the same nearness -- And the name you called me then I call you now -- O Liberty, my Love! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...D'ANNUNZIO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1915: THE TRENCHES by CONRAD AIKEN TO OUR PRESIDENT by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES CHILDREN OF THE WAR by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE U-BOAT CREWS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE RED CROSS NURSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES WAR PROFITS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE UNCHANGEABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN A BUFFALO DANCE AT SANTO DOMINGO by WITTER BYNNER |
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