Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, JOYCE KILMER, by DANIEL MACINTYRE HENDERSON


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JOYCE KILMER, by                    
First Line: Strength without stint we gave to liberty
Last Line: But for her cause -- he died!
Subject(s): Kilmer, Joyce (1886-1918)


Strength without stint we gave to Liberty
When she leapt forth to shatter earth's last chains!
Greatly with soul and brawn and wealth wrought we,
Girding her spirit, shielding her rich veins!
Now comes her triumph! Broken in their wars,
Tyrants are groveling at her shining hem!
Now comes her crowning hour! Heaven's farthest stars
Cluster to form her deathless diadem!
Shall we exult, who toiled in her great host?
Nay, for this thought is bludgeoning our pride: --
We lived for Freedom to our uttermost,
But for her cause -- he died!





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