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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COLONISTS, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poet's Biography First Line: To men now of her blood and race Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): World War I | |||
To men now of her blood and race To men now of her blood and race England's a little garden place, England's a little garden place, Dear as a woman is, and she Dear as a woman is, and she The Queen of every loyalty. The Queen of every loyalty. To dwellers 'mid the ice and snows, To dwellers 'mid the ice and snows, She is their secret garden rose She is their secret garden rose From which that bee, their heart, sucks off From which that bee, their heart, sucks off For the cold Winter honey enough. For the cold Winter honey enough. To toilers 'mid the sultry plains, To toilers 'mid the sultry plains, Sick for her tempered suns and rains, Sick for her tempered suns and rains, She is the thought that wets their eyes She is the thought that wets their eyes And hearts with dew of Paradise. And hearts with dew of Paradise. Most loved of those who never knew Most loved of those who never knew Her green o' the silk and her soft blue, Her green o' the silk and her soft blue, Her mild inviolate fields that be Her mild inviolate fields that be Hedged with the sweet-briar of the sea. Hedged with the sweet-briar of the sea. Sweet in their dreams her Summers are, Sweet in their dreams her Summers are, Her tranquil nights of moon and star, Her tranquil nights of moon and star, The love-songs of her nightingales; The love-songs of her nightingales; A water-spring that never fails. A water-spring that never fails. Amid their unending distances Amid their unending distances Her little crowded sweetness is Her little crowded sweetness is A dream of rest, a dream of prayer, A dream of rest, a dream of prayer, With homes and children everywhere. With homes and children everywhere. Touch her -- and they are all on fire, Touch her -- and they are all on fire, This little land of their desire This little land of their desire Seen in a mirage far away Seen in a mirage far away With light upon her night and day. With light upon her night and day. | 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 |
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