Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SHIP OF LIBERTY; LINES ON THE LAUNCHING OF THE 'NEWBURGH', by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON Poet's Biography First Line: O ship of liberty! Last Line: Our hearts go forth with thee. Subject(s): Ships & Shipping; World War I; First World War | ||||||||
O SHIP of Liberty! Our hearts go forth with thee. Not with the thunder of guns Shalt thou assault the Huns; Not through the winter drear Shalt thou keep vigil clear Where lies the caged foe, His fleet a futile show; Not thine to leap the wave With instinct of the brave, Hunting the hidden craft That aims the coward shaft. No; but not less thine aid To Freedom's cause is made. Across the winter waste Thy eager breath shall haste To bear our heart-sent food To Freedom's brotherhood; To take thy share of souls That Freedom war-ward rolls -- The strange, new tide that breaks On France's shore and shakes From their foundation stones The tottering Teuton thrones. O Ship of Liberty! Our hearts go forth with thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...D'ANNUNZIO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1915: THE TRENCHES by CONRAD AIKEN TO OUR PRESIDENT by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES CHILDREN OF THE WAR by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE U-BOAT CREWS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE RED CROSS NURSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES WAR PROFITS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE UNCHANGEABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN AN ENGLISH MOTHER by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON |
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