Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THERE'S LIFE IN THE OLD LAND YET, by JAMES RYDER RANDALL Poet's Biography First Line: By blue patapsco's billowy dash Last Line: There's life in the old land yet! Subject(s): Life; Maryland; War | ||||||||
BY blue Patapsco's billowy dash The tyrant's war shout comes, Along with the cymbal's fitful clash And the growl of his sullen drums; We hear itwe heed it, with vengeful thrills, And we shall not forgive or forget There's faith in the streams, there's hope in the hills, There's Life in the Old Land yet! Minions! we sleep, but we are not dead, We are crushedwe are scourgedwe are scarred We crouch'tis to welcome the triumph-tread Of the peerless Beauregard. Then woe to your vile, polluting horde When the Southern braves are met There's faith in the victor's stainless sword There's Life in the Old Land yet! Bigots! ye quell not the valiant mind With the clank of an iron chain; The Spirit of Freedom sings in the wind O'er Merryman, Thomas, and Kane! And wethough we smite notare not thralls, We are piling a gory debt; While down by McHenry's dungeon walls There's Life in the Old Land yet! Our women have hung their harps away, And they scowl on your brutal bands, While the nimble poniard dares the day In their dear, defiant hands! They will strip their tresses to string our bows Ere the Northern sun is set There's faith in their unrelenting woes, There's Life in the Old Land yet! There's life, though it throbbeth in silent veins, 'Tis vocal without noise It gushed o'er Manassas' solemn plains From the blood of the Maryland boys! That blood shall cry aloud, and rise With an everlasting threat By the death of the brave, by the God in the skies, There's Life in the Old Land yet! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I AM YOUR WAITER TONIGHT AND MY NAME IS DIMITRI by ROBERT HASS MITRAILLIATRICE by ERNEST HEMINGWAY RIPARTO D'ASSALTO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY WAR VOYEURS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL SO MANY BLOOD-LAKES by ROBINSON JEFFERS JOHN PELHAM by JAMES RYDER RANDALL |
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