Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FORCE AND FREEDOM, by WILLIAM WATSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O, doubtless ye can trample and enchain Last Line: Invincibly on, with might no might can bind. Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William Subject(s): Freedom; Liberty | ||||||||
O, DOUBTLESS ye can trample and enchain, Sow wrath and breathe out winter; but can ye Persuade the muttering bondsman he is free, Or with a signal build the summer again? O, ye can hold the rivulets of the plain A little while from nuptials with the sea, But the fierce mountain-stream of Liberty Not edicts and not hosts may long restrain. For this is of the heights and of the deeps, Born of the heights and in the deeps conceived. This, from the lofty places of the mind, Gushes pellucid, vehemently upheaved; And tears and heart's blood hallow it, as it sweeps Invincibly on, with Might no Might can bind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE THE WILD SWAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE QUARTET IN F MAJOR by WILLIAM MEREDITH CROSS THAT LINE by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE |
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