Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MAXIMA CARTA (INSCRIBED TO PRESIDENT WILSON), by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON Poet's Biography First Line: Hail, newest charter of the hopes of man! Last Line: When all the world gives bond to break the unhallowed sword? Subject(s): League Of Nations; Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924) | ||||||||
"How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace!" HAIL, newest charter of the hopes of Man! -- Greater than every scroll that hitherto Has pledged our safety -- many against few, Few against many. Seems it but a span Toward Freedom's goal what Runnymede began. The pact and pattern that our fathers drew, Incorporate here, is glorified anew, And seals the waiting world American. Kings are no more, but only names of kings: Henceforth are crowned the States that serve the sphere. Come, patient Heaven, with healing in thy wings! Haste, Choir of Earth, with your harmonious chord! Madness shall yield to Order . . . Who shall fear When all the world gives bond to break the unhallowed sword? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WOODROW WILSON (FEBRUARY, 1924) by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE PASSING OF WOODROW WILSON, PROPHET OF PEACE by VINCENT GODFREY BURNS THE KNOWN SOLDIER; FOR THE DAY OF PRESIDENT WILSON'S BURIAL by MARK ANTHONY DE WOLFE HOWE TO ONE WHO PASSED: WOODROW WILSON by LOUISE BURTON LAIDLAW THE CONFLICT: 4. WILSON by PERCY MACKAYE ICARUS (TO THE LATE WOODROW WILSON) by EARL BOWMAN MARLATT WOODROW WILSON - 1856-1924 by MARGUERITE MOOERS MARSHALL WOODROW WILSON by EMMA VORIES MEYER LEAGUE OF NATIONS; THE PRESIDENT RETURNS TO AMERICA by NANCY BYRD TURNER AN ENGLISH MOTHER by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON |
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