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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE NATURALIZATION BILL (2), by JOHN BYROM Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: With languages dispers'd, men were not able
Last Line: How high a castle may be built in air!
Subject(s): Immigrants; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration
First Line: With languages dispers'd, men were not able
Last Line: How high a castle may be built in air!
Subject(s): Immigrants; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration
WITH languages dispers'd, men were not able
To top the skies, and build the tow'r of Babel;
But if to Britain they shall cross the main,
And meet by act of parliament again,
Who knows, when all together shall repair,
How high a castle may be built in air!
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