Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO BELGIUM; CROWNED WITH THORNS, by HELEN GRAY CONE First Line: Thou that a brave brief space didst keep Last Line: The awful honor of the crown of christ? Alternate Author Name(s): Green, Coroebus Subject(s): World War I - Belgium | ||||||||
THOU that a brave brief space didst keep the gate, Against the German, saving all the West, By the subjection of thy shielding breast To the brute blows and utmost shames of Fate; Thou that in bonds of iron dost expiate Thy nobleness as crime! Even thus oppressed, Is not thy spirit mystically blest, O little Belgium, marvellously great? Thou that hast prized the soul above the flesh, Dost thou not, starving, eat of angels' bread? With every sunrise crucified afresh, Has not this guerdon for all time sufficed That thou shouldst wear upon thy haggard head The awful honor of the Crown of Christ? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WIFE OF FLANDERS by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON WAR (ON THE GERMAN INVASION OF BELGIUM) by EDWARD BLISS REED TO BELGIUM IN EXILE by OWEN SEAMAN A BALLADE OF BROKEN THINGS by BLANCHE WEITBREC A CALL TO THE BUILDERS by HELEN GRAY CONE A CHANT OF LOVE FOR ENGLAND by HELEN GRAY CONE A YELLOW PANSY by HELEN GRAY CONE |
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