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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WASHINGTON, by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Great were the hearts and strong the minds | |||
GREAT were the hearts, and strong the minds, Of those who framed, in high debate, The immortal league of love that binds ' Our fair broad empire, state with state. And ever hallowed be the hour, When, as the auspicious task was done, A nation's gift, the sword of power, Was given to glory's unspoiled son. That noble race is gone; the suns . Of fifty years have risen and set; The holy links those mighty ones Had forged and knit, are brighter yet. Wide-as our own free race increase Wide shall it stretch the elastic chain, And bind, in everlasting peace, State after state, a mighty train. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A MEDITATION ON RHODE ISLAND COAL by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT A WINTER PIECE by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT AMERICA (1) by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT ANTIQUITY OF FREEDOM by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT AUTUMN WOODS by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT DANTE by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT GREEN RIVER by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HYMN OF THE CITY by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT INSCRIPTION FOR THE ENTRANCE TO A WOOD by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT JUNE (1) by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT MONUMENT MOUNTAIN by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT ODE FOR THE BURIAL OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT |
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