Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE WINGLESS VICTORY; A PRAYER, by GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY Poet's Biography First Line: Wingless victory, whose shrine Last Line: O wingless victory! Subject(s): Air Warfare; World War I; First World War | ||||||||
WINGLESS Victory, whose shrine By the Parthenon Glorified our youth divine, Hearken!they are gone, The young eagles of our nest, They, the brightest, bravest, best, They are flown! Lilies of France, When first they flew, Led their lone advance Great heaven through; Now soar they, brood on brood, Like stars for multitude, To France! France! Save thou the golden flight That wakes the morn, And dares the azure height, The tempests scorn! Save them o'er land and sea, In deeps of air! Thy grace, where'er they be Ensphere them there! Save them, the country's pride, Our wingéd youth! And where they fall enskied, Save thou the truth! O Wingless Victory! | 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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