Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NATIONAL SONG, by WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE Poet's Biography First Line: America, my own! Last Line: Imperial to save! Subject(s): National Song - United States; American National Anthem | ||||||||
AMERICA, my own! Thy spacious grandeurs rise Faming the proudest zone Pavilioned by the skies; Day's flying glory breaks Thy vales and mountains o'er, And gilds thy streams and lakes From ocean shore to shore. Praised be thy wood and wold, Thy corn and wine and flocks, The yellow blood of gold Drained from thy canon rocks; Thy trains that shake the land, Thy ships that plough the main, Triumphant cities grand Roaring with noise of gain. Earth's races look to Thee: The peoples of the world Thy risen splendors see And thy wide flag unfurled; Thy sons, in peace or war, That emblem who behold, Bless every shining star, Cheer every streaming fold! Float high, O gallant flag, O'er Carib Isles of palm, O'er bleak Alaskan crag, O'er far-off lone Guam; Where Mauna Loa pours Black thunder from the deeps; O'er Mindanao's shores, O'er Luzon's coral steeps. Float high, and be the sign Of love and brotherhood, -- The pledge, by right divine Of Power, to do good; For aye and everywhere, On continent and wave, Armipotent to dare, Imperial to save! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AMERICA'S FLOWER SONG by MARGARET PAXSON FLACK AMERICA by MURRAY KETCHAM KIRK THE FOUNDERS OF OHIO by WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE THE SCHOOL GIRL by WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE A WELCOME TO 'BOZ' by WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE BATTLE CRY by WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE EL EMPLAZADO by WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE JOHN FILSON by WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE JOHNNY APPLESEED; A BALLAD OF THE OLD NORTHWEST by WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE MY CATBIRD by WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE ANDREA DEL SARTO (CALLED THE FAULTLESS PAINTER) by ROBERT BROWNING |
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