Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LEAGUE OF NATIONS; THE PRESIDENT RETURNS TO AMERICA, by NANCY BYRD TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: Back to our shores he comes from the sad strand Last Line: A watch-fire on the topmost hill of time. Subject(s): League Of Nations; Nations; Presidents, United States; Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924) | ||||||||
Back to our shores he comes from the sad strand, And some, who know so much of that and this, And what can never be, and what's amiss, Give him cold welcome to his native land; But some, the humbler-hearted, understand At least that through the strife he bears with him, And shields as best he may with hopeful hand, A little struggling flame, late kindled and dim. High tide in all the waters of the world, The winds of all the wild years up and out, And one frail light amid their fury swirled! It cannot perish. Strong through storm and doubt It must burn onto blaze at last sublime, A watch-fire on the topmost hill of time. | Other Poems of Interest...TO OUR PRESIDENT by KATHARINE LEE BATES 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 MAXIMA CARTA (INSCRIBED TO PRESIDENT WILSON) by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON 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 |
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