Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CLEAN HANDS, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Make this thing plain to us, o lord Last Line: Make this thing plain! Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin Subject(s): Holidays; Peace; Veterans Day; World War I; First World War | ||||||||
MAKE this thing plain to us, O Lord! That not the triumph of the sword -- Not that alone -- can end the strife, But reformation of the life -- But full submission to Thy Word! Not all the stream of blood outpoured Can Peace -- the Long-Desired -- afford; Not tears of Mother, Maid or Wife... Make this thing plain! We must root out our sins ignored, By whatsoever name adored; Our secret sins, that, ever rife, Shrink from the operating knife; Then shall we rise, renewed, restored... Make this thing plain! | 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 FANCY FROM FONTENELLE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON |
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