Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UNDER THE STARS, by WALLACE RICE Poet's Biography First Line: Tell me what sail the seas Last Line: Under the stars. Alternate Author Name(s): Groot, Cecil De Subject(s): Flags - United States; Holidays; Memorial Day; American Flag; Declaration Day | ||||||||
TELL me what sail the seas Under the stars? Ships, and ships' companies, Off to the wars. Steel are the ship's great sides, Steel are her guns, Backward she thrusts the tides, Swiftly she runs; Steel is the sailor's heart, Stalwart his arm, His the Republic's part Through cloud and storm. Tell me what standard rare Streams from the spars? Red stripes and white they bear, Blue, with bright stars: Red for brave hearts that burn With liberty, White for the peace they earn Making men free, Stars for the Heaven above, -- Blue for the deep, Where, in their country's love, Heroes shall sleep. Tell me why on the breeze These banners blow? Ships, and ships' companies, Eagerly go Warring, like all our line, Freedom to friend Under this starry sign, True to the end. Fair is the Flag's renown, Sacred her scars, Sweet the death she shall crown Under the stars. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEMORIAL DAY by JOSEPHINE MILES MEMORIAL DAY FOR THE WAR DEAD by YEHUDA AMICHAI MEMORIAL DAY by MICHAEL ANANIA AN ODE ON THE UNVEILING OF THE SHAW MEMORIA BOSTON COMMON, MAY 31, 1897 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH FREDERICKSBURG by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE DEATH OF GRANT by AMBROSE BIERCE MEMORIAL DAY by WILLIAM E. BROOKS VANQUISHED; ON THE DEATH OF GENERAL GRANT by FRANCIS FISHER BROWNE BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER by WALLACE RICE |
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