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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A WISH FOR NEW FRANCE (FRAGMENT), by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON Poet's Biography First Line: For her no backward look Last Line: O memory, walk a warning specter at her side! | |||
FOR her no backward look Into the bloody book Of kings. Thrice-rescued land! Her haunted graves bespeak A nobler fate: to seek In service of the world again the world's command. She, in whose skies of peace Arise new auguries To strengthen, cheer, and guide -- When nations in a horde Draw the unhallowed sword, O Memory, walk a warning specter at her side! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BROWNING AT ASOLO by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON DEWEY AT MANILA [MAY 1, 1898] by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON ILLUSIONS by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON THE WISTFUL DAYS by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON A CHOPIN FANTASY (ON REMEMBRANCE OF A PRELUDE) by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON A DARK DAY by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON A LOVER'S ANSWER by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON A MEMORY OF BRITTANY by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON A MESSAGE BACK TO YOUTH by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON A PRAYER IN THE DARK by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON |
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