Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SONG FOR LEXINGTON, by ROBERT KELLEY WEEKS First Line: The spring came earlier on Last Line: Our first immortal name! Subject(s): American Revolution; Fourth Of July; Lexington, Battle Of (1775); Independence Day; Concord, Battle Of | ||||||||
THE spring came earlier on Than usual that year; The shadiest snow was gone, The slowest brook was clear, And warming in the sun Shy flowers began to peer. 'T was more like middle May, The earth so seemed to thrive, That Nineteenth April day Of Seventeen Seventy-Five; Winter was well a away, New England was alive! Alive and sternly glad! Her doubts were with the snow; Her courage, long forbade, Ran full to overflow; And every hope she had Began to bud and grow. She rose betimes that morn, For there was work to do; A planting, not of corn, Of what she hardly knew, -- Blessings for men unborn; And well she did it too! With open hand she stood, And sowed for all the years, And watered it with blood, And watered it with tears, The seed of quickening food For both the hemispheres. This was the planting done That April morn of fame; Honor to every one To that seed-field that came! Honor to Lexington, Our first immortal name! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LEXINGTON [APRIL 19, 1775] by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES LEXINGTON; 1775 by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER DAWN AT LEXINGTON by KATHARINE LEE BATES SPLENDID ISOLATION; A MORAL FROM LEXINTON, 1775 by KATHARINE LEE BATES NEW ENGLAND'S CHEVY CHASE by EDWARD EVERETT HALE THE MINUTEMEN OF NORTHBORO by WALLACE RICE LEXINGTON DAY, 1905 by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL MAN AND NATURE by ROBERT KELLEY WEEKS |
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