Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AMERICA AT WAR, by GERTRUDE BROWN SMITH First Line: America, / if thy sons can go to war Last Line: And war shall never more be. Subject(s): Battleships; World War I; First World War | ||||||||
AMERICA, If thy sons can go to war Thinking If men democracy-trained can fight And not glory in it Or be afraid of it But earnestly regret that war must be If they can follow thy banner And know That its red does not represent blood But sunrise, That its white Is not death but deliverance, That its stars Are not pilots for warships But makers of poetry O America, Then shall democracy conquer And war shall never more be. | 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 |
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