Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONGS OF CAPTIVITY: THE SONG OF HOPE, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Droop not, my brothers! I hear a glad strain Last Line: Droop not, my brothers! We yet shall be free! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Freedom; Hope; Liberty; Optimism | ||||||||
DROOP not, my brothers! I hear a glad strain -- We shall burst forth like streams from the winter night's chain; A flag is unfurled, a bright star of the sea, A ransom approaches -- we yet shall be free! Where the pines wave, where the light chamois leaps, Where the lone eagle hath built on the steeps; Where the snows glisten, the mountain-rills foam, Free as the falcon's wing, yet shall we roam. Where the hearth shines, where the kind looks are met, Where the smiles mingle, our place shall be yet! Crossing the desert, o'ersweeping the sea -- Droop not, my brothers! we yet shall be free! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT by DEREK MAHON A DIRGE (1) by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS |
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