Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOYALTIES, by WALTER A. CUTTER


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LOYALTIES, by                    
First Line: Let us keep splendid loyalties
Last Line: And right still claims a kingdom of its own.
Subject(s): Loyalty


Let us keep splendid loyalties,
For we are falling prey to lesser things.
What use are breath and strength if we no longer feel
The thrill of battle for some holy cause
Or hear high morning bugles calling us away?
Let brave hearts dare to break the truce with thingsEre we have lost our ancient

heritage.
Are we to gain a world to lose our souls,
Souls which can keep faith until death
And die, triumphant, in some crimson dawn?

Nay, we must keep faith with the unnumbered brave
Who pushed aside horizons, that we might reach
The better things: We cannot rest until
We have put courage once more on her throne;
For Honor clamors for her heritage,
And Right still claims a kingdom of its own.





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