Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WELCOME TO THE NATIONS, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Bright on the banners of lily and rose Last Line: Thrones of the continents! Isles of the sea! Subject(s): Fourth Of July; United States - Centennial Celebrations; Independence Day | ||||||||
PHILADELPHIA, JULY 4, 1'76 BRIGHT on the banners of lily and rose Lo! the last sun of our century sets! Wreathe the black cannon that scowled on our foes, All but her friendships the nation forgets! All but her friends and their welcome forgets! These are around her; but where are her foes? Lo, while the sun of her century sets, peace with her garlands of lily and rose! Welcome! a shout like the war trumpet's swell Wakes the wild echoes that slumber around! Welcome! it quivers from Liberty's bell; Welcome! the walls of her temple resound! Hark! the gray walls of her temple resound! Fade the far voices o'er hillside and dell; Welcome! still whisper the echoes around; Welcome! still trembles on Liberty's bell! Thrones of the continent! isles of the sea! Yours are the garlands of peace we entwine; Welcome, once more, to the land of the free, Shadowed alike by the palm and the pine; Softly they murmur, the palm and the pine, "Hushed is our strife, in the land of the free;" Over your children their branches entwine Thrones of the continents! isles of the sea! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONSECRATED GROUND; READ AT THE NEW YORK CITY HALL by EDWIN MARKHAM FOURTH OF JULY NIGHT by CARL SANDBURG AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL by KATHARINE LEE BATES AMERICA (1) by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT ANTIQUITY OF FREEDOM by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT CONCORD HYMN; SUNG AT COMPLETION OF CONCORD MONUMENT, 1836 by RALPH WALDO EMERSON ODE SUNG IN THE TOWN HALL, CONCORD, JULY 4, 1857 by RALPH WALDO EMERSON LIBERTY FOR ALL by WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON A BALLAD OF THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY [DECEMBER 16, 1773] by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES |
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