Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIBERTY OF THE PRESS, by AUBREY DE VERE Poet's Biography First Line: Some laws there are too sacred for the hand Last Line: Make man a reptile, he will turn and sting Subject(s): Freedom | ||||||||
SOME laws there are too sacred for the hand O fman to approach; recorded in the blood Of patriots; before which, as the Rood Of Faith, devotional we take our stand. Time-hallowed laws! magnificently planned When Freedom was the nurse of public good , And Power paternal: laws that have withstood All storms-unshaken bulwarks of the land! Free will, frank speech, an undissembling mind, Without which Freedom dies and laws are vain, On such we found our rights, to such we cling: In these shall Power his surest safeguard find. Tread them not down in passion, or disdain: Make Man a reptile, he will turn and sting. | 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 EMANCIPATION by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER |
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