Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ROUMANIA, by GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY Poet's Biography First Line: Another land has crashed into the deep Last Line: Rise, rise, roumania! Yet thy soul is whole! Subject(s): Romania; World War I; Rumania; Roumania; First World War | ||||||||
ANOTHER land has crashed into the deep, The heir and namesake of that Rome, whose laws Spread the great peace.Gray Power, that yet o'erawes The thoughts of men, first to bid nations keep The bounds of right, and earth's wild borders sleep, O, from thy pinnacle 'mid time's applause Salute, great Rome, the victim of man's cause, Thy child, Roumania!Nay, not ours to weep. O Latin Race! how doth our debt increase At every flash of thy unfathomed soul, Long on the rock of justice founding peace, While ever round thee new-born ages roll! Genius divine! when shall thy glory cease! Rise, rise, Roumania! yet thy soul is whole! | 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 AT GIBRALTAR by GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY |
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