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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: VICTORY Matches Found: 129 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` "EVACUATION OF NEW YORK BY THE BRITISH, 1783", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: They come!-they come!-the heroes come Last Line: "and bless, oh! Bless america!" Subject(s): American Revolution;freedom;new York City - Revolutionary Period;peace;victory; Liberty A BALLADE OF THE GAME, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "tier upon tier, through the stands are strown" Last Line: "'yale, old yale, and a victory!" Subject(s): Games;victory; Recreation;pastimes;amusements A HUMBLE HEROINE, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twas at the seige of matagarda, during the peninsular war Last Line: Likewise mrs reston, whose name should be written in; letters of gold. Subject(s): Courage; Heroism; Victory; Valor; Bravery; Heroes; Heroines A PRAYER USED BY FRANCIS I WHEN HE WAS AT WAR WITH CHARLES V, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Almighty lord of hosts, by whose commands Last Line: Triumphant hymns to thee, th' eternal king. Subject(s): Peace; Prayer; Victory; War A PURPLE HEART BADGE, by EMMA THOMAS SCOVILLE Poem Text First Line: A soldier's emblem lost for many a year Last Line: Who earned this military badge of fame? Subject(s): Hero And Leander; Honor; Military; Soldiers; Victory A SONG OF THE SUNRISE, by GRACE DENIO LITCHFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The night breaks. The light shakes Last Line: Revengeful and still. Subject(s): Victory A SONG OF VICTORY, FR. THE HOUSE OF ASPEN, by WALTER SCOTT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Joy to the victors! The sons of old aspen! Last Line: Love, wine, and song, our blithe evening shall cheer! Subject(s): Victory A WAR SONG OF TYROL, by JOHANN CHRYSOSTOMOS SENN Poem Text First Line: Wild eagle of the tyrol Last Line: "I've been among the dead!" Subject(s): Birds; Eagles; Singing & Singers; Tyrol, Austria; Victory; War ALMOST, by BRENDAN KENNELLY Poem Source First Line: The one-legged pigeon wins the crust Last Line: I almost taste %love lost. Subject(s): Love - Loss Of; Victory AMERICA'S WELCOME HOME, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, gallantly they fared forth in khaki and in blue Last Line: Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars. Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus Subject(s): Homecoming; Victory; World War I - United States AN INSCRIPTION FOR DOG RIVER, by KENNETH SLESSOR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Our general was the greatest and bravest of generals Subject(s): Victory ARABIAN NIGHTS: PSALM OF BATTLE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: God is praise and glory Last Line: Beside an eternal river of scented honey Subject(s): Death;fights;victory; "dead, The; AUTO-DA-FE, by V. C. Poem Text First Line: Go feed the flames your torches lit with wonders / art has won Last Line: The vine's the soul of music, and they flourished where it grew! Subject(s): Art & Artists; Victory BALLADS OF A BOHEMIAN: L'ENVOI, by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We've finished up the filthy war Last Line: And so here ends my book. Subject(s): Finality; Paris, France; Victory; War BETH-EL, by LOUIS ALBERT LAMB Poem Text First Line: Loinwise upgirded, with a leathern clout Last Line: All valhall's virtue waxed a thousandfold. Subject(s): Victory BIRDS, THE BEASTS, AND THE BAT, by FRANCIS HOPKINSON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A war broke out in former days Last Line: And his just fate in silence mourns Subject(s): Fights; French And Indian Wars; Victory; War BRAVE ANGUS CAMERON; THE WINNER OF THE QUEEN'S PRIZE, WIMBLEDON, 1866, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Brave cameron, it needs not the lore of the seer Last Line: Thy laurels in age be as green as in youth. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Victory; Virtue; Youth BY MOSCOW SELF-DEVOTED TO A BLAZE, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Finish the strife by deadliest victory! Subject(s): Napoleonic Wars; Moscow; Victory CALEDONIA, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Fair caledonia! Honoured name Last Line: And freedom bless and crown our isle! Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Europe; Freedom; Islands; Scotland; Victory; Liberty CALEDONIA, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thy name, caledonia! Queen of the north! Last Line: Tis the spirit of evil incarnate in drink. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Europe; Freedom; Islands; Scotland; Victory; Liberty CHANUKAH HYMN, by ADOLPH HUEBSCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, the true that follow thee Last Line: Thy command we follow will. Subject(s): Faith; Fasts & Feasts; Hanukkah; Jews; Victory; Belief; Creed; Judaism CHRISTMAS IN WARTIME: 1917: THE LAST LAP, by ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We seldom were quick off the mark Last Line: Be your victorious christmas-tide. Subject(s): Christmas; England; Hope; Patience; Victory; War; World War I; Nativity, The; English; Optimism; First World War CID'S COURTSHIP, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Now of rodrigo de bivar great was the fame that run Last Line: An honored husband thou shalt have in thy dead father's place Subject(s): Courage; Courts And Courtiers; Courtship; Marriage; Victory CONDOR'S NEST, by OLEGARIO VICTOR ANDRADE Poem Source First Line: In the black shadow of the mountain-side Last Line: As once from his lone peak amid the sky! Subject(s): Argentina; Fights; South America; Victory CONFLICT BEFORE VICTORY, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I stand at gaze upon an autumn knoll Last Line: The mellow magic of october's moon. Subject(s): Earth; Evil; God; Love; Mankind; Victory; War; World; Human Race CONQUERORS, by HENRY TREECE Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: By sundown we came to a hidden village Last Line: There was not one who did not think of home Subject(s): Victory COURAGE, by O. B. MERRICK Poem Text First Line: Courage! A thing inherent in the strong Last Line: And carry on to victory down life's trail. Subject(s): Courage; Victory; Valor; Bravery EARTH'S BATTLE, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Fight well, encased in christ's armor Last Line: No matter what else betide. Subject(s): Bible; Fights; Religion; Religious Discrimination; Victory; Theology; Religious Conflict GAMBLER, by BRENDAN KENNELLY Poem Source First Line: She's gambling with the darkness now Last Line: When she shakes her hair like feisty rain %she'll win. Subject(s): Gambling; Hair; Victory GREATER THAN VICTORY, by WILLIAM A. PHELON Poem Text First Line: Quickly the war-smoke lessens-out through the clearing skies Last Line: "but the greatest thing of all is this: ""no more of our boys shall die!" Subject(s): Death; Soldiers; Victory; World War I; Dead, The; First World War HAPPINESS, by MARJORIE AGOSIN Poem Source Last Line: Happiness as a seashell and desire Subject(s): Desire; Happiness; Love; Victory HOLY SONNET: 10, by JOHN DONNE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Last Line: And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die. Variant Title(s): "sonnet On Death;elegie;death Rebuked;""death Be Not Proud, Though Some Have Called Thee""; Subject(s): Catholics; Death; Freedom; Immortality; Religion; Social Protest; Victory; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; Dead, The; Liberty; Theology HOW THE WINNING FOUR WEST HOME, by WILLIAM ROSE BENET Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Superb in pride we strained upon the golden chariot-pole Last Line: Though slumber takes us—still they talk low-whispering in the ilex walk! Subject(s): Chariot Racing; Collective Behavior; Competition; Driving & Drivers; Games; Victory; Mobs; Crowds; Recreation; Pastimes; Amusements HOW WE BEAT THE FAVOURITE, by ADAM LINDSAY GORDON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Aye, squire,' said stevens, 'they back him at evens' Last Line: "a short head."" and that's how the favourite was beat." Subject(s): Victory HYMN: FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY: 2, by REGINALD HEBER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The feeble pulse, the gasping breath Last Line: Nor give to hell the victory! Subject(s): Victory IN THE FORUM OF JUSTICE, by GRACE DENIO LITCHFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Pass. Pass. Pass. Thou hast had thine hour Last Line: To rush on and win with thy pitiful lance. Subject(s): Track Athletics; Victory; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles INSCRIPTION FOR DOG RIVER, by KENNETH SLESSOR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Our general was the greatest and bravest of generals Last Line: Having given him everything, in fact %except respect Subject(s): Victory INSCRIPTION PROPOSED FOR THE VASE PRESENTED TO SIR WATKIN WILLIAMS WYN, by REGINALD HEBER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ask ye why around me twine Last Line: "to worthier chief the hirlas bore!" Subject(s): Homecoming; Victory; War JOAN OF ARC: BOOK 10, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thus to the martyrs in their country's cause Last Line: Give to the arms of freedom such success. Variant Title(s): The Crowning Of The King Subject(s): Coronations; Creative Ability; England; Faith; France; Freedom; God; Heroism; Joan Of Arc (1412-1431); Missions & Missionaries; Victory; War; Inspiration; Creativity; English; Belief; Creed; Liberty; Heroes; Heroines JOAN OF ARC: BOOK 6, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The night was calm, and many a moving cloud Last Line: Renewing the remembrance of the storm. Subject(s): France; Heroism; History; Joan Of Arc (1412-1431); Missions & Missionaries; Orleans, France; Victory; War; Heroes; Heroines; Historians JOAN OF ARC: BOOK 7, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Strong were the english forts, by daily toil Last Line: Betaking them, for now the night drew on. Subject(s): England; Faith; France; Heroism; History; Joan Of Arc (1412-1431); Missions & Missionaries; Religion; Victory; War; English; Belief; Creed; Heroes; Heroines; Historians; Theology JOAN OF ARC: BOOK 8, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now was the noon of night; and all was still Last Line: The shattered fragments of the midnight wreck. Subject(s): England; Faith; France; Heroism; Joan Of Arc (1412-1431); Missions & Missionaries; Religion; Victory; War; English; Belief; Creed; Heroes; Heroines; Theology JOAN OF ARC: BOOK 9, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Far through the shadowy sky the ascending flames Last Line: "the thunder—she shall blast her despot foes." Subject(s): Death; England; Faith; France; Funerals; God; Heroism; Joan Of Arc (1412-1431); Missions & Missionaries; Victory; War; Dead, The; English; Belief; Creed; Burials; Heroes; Heroines LET ME FORGET, by OMA CARLYLE ANDERSON Poem Text Last Line: Forgetting the scars. Subject(s): Victory LET THERE BE NEW FLOWERING, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Let love be %at the end Subject(s): Love; Military; Victory LORD ROBERTS' TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO PRETORIA, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twas in the year of 1900, and on the 5th of june Last Line: And beat all foreign foes from our shores. Subject(s): Courage; Robert I. King Of Scotland (1274-1329); Victory; Valor; Bravery; Bruce, Robert; The Bruce MARCH OF THE MEN OF HARLECH, by ALEXANDER BOSWELL Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Dauntless sons of celtic sires Last Line: To victory, ye brave! Subject(s): Marching & Marches; Victory MORNING, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: The star of hope doth light the way Last Line: To those whose crowns are won. Subject(s): Hope; Light; Morning; Victory; Optimism MORNING HYMN, by FRANCIS HOPKINSON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Arise! And see the glorious sun Last Line: For wearied man to rest Subject(s): French And Indian Wars; Louisburg, Nova Scotia; Victory; War NO EQUAL, by BRENDAN KENNELLY Poem Source First Line: His voice is money Last Line: All defeated but one %'gone! Subject(s): Masculinity (psychology); Strength; Victory OLYMPIAN VICTORS, by HORACE SPENCER FISKE Poem Text First Line: I stood on the slope of kronos gray, above the olympian plain Last Line: And played in the porch of echo with a murmur long and sweet. Subject(s): Athletes; Olympia, Greece; Temples; Victory; Mosques ON HIS MAJESTY'S CONQUESTS IN IRELAND, by THOMAS SHADWELL Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How great a transport is a brave man in Last Line: And that shall crown your arms, and they your love. Subject(s): Army - Great Britain; Protestantism; Soldiers; Victory; War; William Iii, King Of England (1650-1702) OPPORTUNITY, by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream Last Line: And saved a great cause that heroic day. Alternate Author Name(s): Hedbrooke, Andrew Variant Title(s): The Broken Sword Subject(s): Opportunity; Victory PITTSBURGH, by WILLIAM A. PHELON Poem Text First Line: It's fifteen years since pittsburgh town Last Line: They'll realize their dream! Subject(s): Baseball; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Sports; Victory PRAYER AT SEA AFTER VICTORY, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Through evening's bright repose Last Line: Oh! To the banner and the shrine be true! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Prayer; Sea Battles; Victory; Naval Warfare PRAYER OF A SPORTSMAN, by BERTON BRALEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dear lord, in the battle that goes on through life Last Line: And cheer as the winners go by! Subject(s): Sportsmanship; Victory RHINE SONG OF THE GERMAN SOLDIERS AFTER VICTORY, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is the rhine! Our mountain vineyards Last Line: Lift up thy voice, o rhine! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Franco-prussian War (1870-1871); Rhine (river), Europe; Victory RUNNER, by CATHRYN COONE-MCCRARY Poem Source First Line: Each night of my childhood's summer Last Line: Now I have to leave him %alone at the end of the hall Subject(s): Children; Death; Track Athletics; Victory SHE STILL WINS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: He had worn a colored blazer on the nile Last Line: "and he faded, and he faded out of sight" Subject(s): Victory SMALL ODE TO A BLACK CUBAN BOXER, by NICOLAS GUILLEN Poem Source First Line: Your gloves Last Line: Know proud, authentic black! Subject(s): African Americans; Fights; Victory SONG, by MARY DUNCAN UPHAM Poem Text First Line: If I have won, then victory is bitter Last Line: So thou hast triumphed in defeat. Subject(s): Success; Victory SONG BY JULIUS ANGORA, by EMILY JANE BRONTE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Awake! Awake! How loud the stormy morning Last Line: Be still a nobler name for victory! Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Ellis Subject(s): Victory SONG TO THE ITALIAN PATRIOTS, by JOHN CHALK CLARIS Poem Text First Line: Sons of those whose glorious name Last Line: Then on to victory! Alternate Author Name(s): Brooke, Arthur Subject(s): Freedom; Italy; Patriotism; Victory; Liberty; Italians STAND ROUND, MY BRAVE BOYS!, by EDWARD MOORE (1712-1757) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Stand round, my brave boys! With heart and with Last Line: And chorus it, long live the king! Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Soldiers; Victory; War STATE OF THE UNION: 14. THE PATRIARCHS AT THE RETURN TO CIVI, by JOHN PEPPER CLARK Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: They are at it again, the old soldiers Last Line: It out with baronial vehemence Alternate Author Name(s): Clark-bekederemo, J. P.; Clark, J. P. Variant Title(s): The Patriarchs At The Return To Civilian Rul Subject(s): Holidays; Memorial Day; Soldiers; Victory; War STORMED EAGLE, by JOHN LEE HIGGINS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The victor's fifes are heard Last Line: And the small gaping beaks. Subject(s): Birds; Eagles; Victory; War STRASBOURG, by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I saw thee sombrely enthralled Last Line: Seen thro' glad tears, the tricolors! Subject(s): Flags; France; Happiness; National Songs; Pride; Progress; Strasbourg, France; Victory; Joy; Delight; National Anthems; Self-esteem; Self-respect SUCCESS, by JOHN TROTWOOD MOORE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tis the coward who quits to misfortune Last Line: And won—'twixt the flag and the wire! Subject(s): Success; Victory TAKIN' A CHANCE, by WAYNE B. WALTERS Poem Text First Line: The boys were all excited Last Line: In a game they call polo. Subject(s): Boys; Games; Victory; Recreation; Pastimes; Amusements TEREUS PROCNE AND PHILOMELA [OVID: METAMORPHOSES BOOK 6,11.424-647], by PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Tereus of thrace had raised that siege Last Line: With a huge beak in place of his long sword %the hoopoe which seems armed as though for war Alternate Author Name(s): Ovid Subject(s): Holidays; Mythology - Classical; Victory; War THE ACE OF THE RACE, by WAYNE B. WALTERS Poem Text First Line: Speed, nerve and thrills galore Last Line: The end of a perfect day. Subject(s): Automobile Racing; Sports; Victory; Race Car Driving THE BATTLE OF ABU KLEA, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ye sons of mars, come join with me Last Line: Then the square was re-formed and the battle was o'er. Subject(s): Army - Great Britain; Praise; Soldiers; Victory; War THE BATTLE OF ALEXANDRIA, OR THE RECONQUEST OF EGYPT, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It was on the 21st of march in the year of 1801 Last Line: And for his undaunted bravery, his name will never be forgot. Subject(s): Courage; Heroism; Victory; War; Valor; Bravery; Heroes; Heroines THE BATTLE OF BANNOCKBURN, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sir robert the bruce at bannockburn Last Line: The day he came to bannockburn! Subject(s): Bannockburn, Battle Of (1314); Soldiers; Victory; War THE BATTLE OF CRESSY, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twas on the 26th of august, the sun was burning hot Last Line: And he thanked jack for capturing the bohemian standard during the fight. Subject(s): Blood; Cressy, Battle Of (1346); Great Britain - Foreign Relations; Victory; War THE BATTLE OF GUJRAY, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twas in the year of 1849, and on the 20th of february Last Line: Because india is annexed to the british dominions, and they must obey. Subject(s): British West Indies; Heroism; Soldiers; Victory; War; Heroes; Heroines THE BATTLE OF INKERMANN, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twas in the year of 1854, and on the 5th of november Last Line: Alas! Pitiful to relate, thousands of innocent men. Subject(s): Alma, Battle Of The (1854); Blood; Crimean War (1853-1856); Death; Victory; War; Dead, The THE BATTLE OF OMDURMAN, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ye sons of great britain! Come join with me Last Line: And to establish what's right wherever they go. Subject(s): Death; Fights; Great Britain - History; Military; Victory; War; Dead, The; English History THE BATTLE OF SHERIFFMUIR: A HISTORICAL POEM, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twas in the year 1715, and on the 10th of november Last Line: And to allay all doubts about which party won, we must feel content. Subject(s): Death; History; Sheriffmuir, Battle Of (1715); Victory; War; Dead, The; Historians THE BATTLE OF TEL-EL-KEBIR, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ye sons of great britain, come join with me Last Line: Arabi and his rebel army at kebir hill. Subject(s): Heroism; Praise; Victory; War; Heroes; Heroines THE BATTLE OF THE NILE, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twas on the 18th of august in the year of 1798 Last Line: That thanksgiving should be returned to god for the victory complete. Subject(s): Death; Guns; Nile (river); Sailing & Sailors; Victory; War; Dead, The THE CAPTURE OF HAVANA, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twas in the year 1762 that france and spain Last Line: And the londoners applauded the british for the honours they had won. Subject(s): Battleships; Fights; Great Britain - Foreign Relations; Havana, Cuba; Victory THE CINDER PATH, by CHARLES HENRY CRANDALL Poem Text First Line: The start - the strain - the springing! Last Line: And make the race worth winning! Subject(s): Roads; Victory; Paths; Trails THE CROSS TRIUMPHANT, by HARRY HOWE BOGERT Poem Text First Line: Bow the head! For through the door Last Line: Th' holy cross is passing by. Subject(s): Victory THE DASHING WHITE SERGEANT, by JOHN BURGOYNE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If I had a beau Last Line: As a dashing white sergeant, I'd march away! Subject(s): Amazons; Courage; Soldiers; Victory; War; Valor; Bravery THE DEAD SOLDIER-POET, by ALBERT JOSEPH HEIL Poem Text First Line: What cared this dreamer for a boundary line? Last Line: The mind! The mind is lord of all that is! Subject(s): Victory THE FLAG, by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I lay a tattered flag before your feet Last Line: Choosing defeat: do with it as you will. Subject(s): Victory THE FOREIGN ADDRESS: WITH A YO, HO, HO, by EDWARD YOUNG (1683-1765) Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O could I sing as you have fought Last Line: How to battle, to conquest, to glory, we dart! Subject(s): Battleships; Great Britain - Foreign Relations; Sailing & Sailors; Victory THE GLEN OF ROSLIN, by DAVID MACBETH MOIR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Hark! 'twas the trumpet rung! Last Line: As opal pure each morn! Alternate Author Name(s): Delta Subject(s): Peace; Scotland; Scottish Translations; Victory; War THE GLORIOUS TOUCHDOWN, by GEORGE ADE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When the crisp autumnal zephyrs whistle through the leafless trees Last Line: By going into training — the result will be the same. Subject(s): Athletes; Football; Sports; Track Athletics; Victory; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles THE GLORY OF THE PAST, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: I dreamed of warriors bold Last Line: In days of long ago. Subject(s): Fights; Knights & Knighthood; Victory THE GOFF; AN HEROI-COMICAL POEM: CANTO 3. VICTORY ON THE LAST GREEN, by THOMAS MATHISON Poem Text First Line: To free the ball the chief now turns his mind Last Line: The echoing shore resounds castalio's name. Subject(s): Balls; Golf; Sports; Victory THE GYMNASIAD, OR BOXING MATCH: BOOK 3, by PAUL WHITEHEAD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As when two monarchs of the brindled breed Last Line: High soared applause on acclamation's wing. Subject(s): Applause; Boxing & Boxers; Fights; Heroism; Victory; Heroes; Heroines THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE, by GEORGE MURRAY (1830-1910) Poem Text First Line: Once on a time a memorable race Last Line: "the race is not gained—always—by the slow." Subject(s): Animals; Rabbits; Turtles; Victory; Hares; Tortoises THE MESSAGE OF VICTORY, by AUGUSTA DAVIES WEBSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: News to the king, good news for all!' Last Line: And the dying lie with the dead. Alternate Author Name(s): Home, Cecil; Webster, Mrs. Julia Augusta Variant Title(s): Song (4) Subject(s): History; Victory; War; Historians THE PARTING OF WAYS, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: The skies from black to pearly grey Last Line: Sigh to us from the hearts of men. Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Subject(s): Farewell; Love; Victory; Parting THE PRICE OF VICTORY, by HENRY CHAPPELL Poem Text First Line: Droop our proud flag half mast, then let it leap Last Line: Smile in their last long sleep. Subject(s): Victory THE RIDER, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A boy told me / if he roller-skated fast enough Last Line: No matter how slowly they fell. Subject(s): Bicycles; Solitude; Victory; Cycling; Loneliness THE SAMURAI, by HERBERT KAUFMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Samurai, take thy blade! Last Line: Honor to him who falls! Subject(s): Fights; Military; Victory THE SKAITH OF GUILLARDUN: 27, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Thus eliduc won honour of the king Last Line: Who in her cause had won undying fame. Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Knights & Knighthood; Victory THE STALKING OF THE SEA WOLVES, by CHARLES WEST THOMPSON Poem Text First Line: They had come from out of the east Last Line: "they'll never get home!" Subject(s): Flags; Spain; Victory; War; Wolves THE TRIUMPH OF WOMAN, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Glad as the weary traveller, tempest-tost Last Line: And freed the nation best beloved of god. Subject(s): Bible; Christianity; Sex Role; Victory; Women THE TROPHY, by PHILIP AYRES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Now, now, my heart's my own again Last Line: The more he naked seems, the more he's arm'd. Subject(s): Victory; Doubt; Skepticism THE VICTORS, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The dead men to the living call Last Line: With dreams to keep; with dreams to keep! Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Variant Title(s): The Unemployed Subject(s): Death; Victory; War; Dead, The THE WINGED VICTORY, by LORAINE S. BRADFORD Poem Text First Line: Headless, the nike dominates the hall Last Line: Her vital body's there to claim our trust! Subject(s): Freedom; Strength; Victory; Liberty THE WINGLESS VICTORY, by WILLIAM HERVEY ALLEN JR. Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: Nike of samothrace Last Line: Into stone. Alternate Author Name(s): Allen, Hervey Subject(s): Goddesses & Gods; Hope; Mythology; Victory; War; Optimism TO A HAPPY WARRIOR, by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Glory to god who made a man like this! Last Line: Who sleeps in paradise. Subject(s): Heroism; Poetry & Poets; Victory; War; Wyndham, George. 3d Earl Of Egremont; Heroes; Heroines TO A MAIDEN; WINNER IN THE THOUSAND-METER RACE, by HENRY DE MONTHERLANT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Let me look at you in silence, until I lower my head Last Line: The old, virgin surprise of the savage beholding a maid. Subject(s): Athletes; Health; Mothers; Sports; Victory TO CHAMBERLAIN; 'OUR CHIEF OF MEN', by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Thou warwick of our age! Whose puissant arm Last Line: Thou standest forth the champion of our race. Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Chamberlain, Joseph (1836-1914); Victory; War TO MARY WOLSTONECRAFT, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The lily cheek, the 'purple light of love' Last Line: To offer, nor unworthy thy regard. Subject(s): Godwin, Mary Wollenstonecraft (1759-79); Joan Of Arc (1412-1431); Poetry & Poets; Strength; Victory; Women's Rights; Wollenstone, Mary (1759-79); Feminism TO THE MEN WHO LOSE, by GEORGE L. SCARBOROUGH Poem Text First Line: Here's to the men who lose! Last Line: "here's to the men who lose." Subject(s): Victory TO YOU WHO WENT, by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL Poem Text First Line: Out on the quest, o you who went Last Line: So fine the quest, we who are sent! Subject(s): Heroism; Soldiers; Victory; War; Heroes; Heroines TRANSLATIONS OF PINDAR: 2. TO THERON OF AGRAGAS, VICTOR IN THE CHARIOT, by REGINALD HEBER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O song! Whose voice the harp obeys Last Line: Go -- reckon up the sand! -- Subject(s): Chariot Racing; Goddesses & Gods; Mythology; Victory TRANSLATIONS OF PINDAR: 5. TO THE SAME, by REGINALD HEBER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Accept of these olympian games the crown Last Line: -- have those immortals more? -- Subject(s): Olympic Games; Victory TRIUMPHUS; OR, THE VANQUISHMENT OF FATE, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: I sat upon the sad sea wall Last Line: Then rise, o soul, and claim thy crown! Subject(s): Fate; Victory; Destiny VI ET ARMIS, by ANDREW DOWNING Poem Text First Line: Tis an ancient roman proverb Last Line: You can conquer if you will! Subject(s): Courage; Life; Strength; Victory; Valor; Bravery VICTORY, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: When heaven's crown of victory Last Line: While loved ones still are near. Subject(s): Victory VICTORY, by JAMES HERVEY HYSLOP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The clouds that gathered round the light of hope Last Line: That god does little in the struggles of the race. Subject(s): Hope; Life; Pain; Soul; Victory; Optimism; Suffering; Misery VICTORY, by KARL E. MUNDT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A morning sunrise on a western plain! Last Line: The world now teems with opportunity. Subject(s): Courage; Victory; Valor; Bravery VICTORY, by ELISABETH MURAWSKI Poem Source First Line: You find peace here, beside the mass of black stone Last Line: Here, floating out from their names Subject(s): Victory VICTORY, by ALFRED NOYES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Before those golden altar-lights we stood Last Line: There's but one way. God make us better men. Subject(s): Crosses; Death; Fame; France; Love; Victory; Dead, The; Reputation VICTORY AND FAILURE, by ALAN MACKINTOSH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Not for the day of victory Last Line: To die along with you! Alternate Author Name(s): Mackintosh, Ewart Alan Subject(s): Brotherhood; Death; Failure; Honor; Soldiers; Victory; War; World War I; Dead, The; First World War VICTORY MUST BE A SUMPREMELY GLORIOUS EXPERIENCE SAID A WOMAN TO THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, by ANNE CARSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: 2:22 am too hot to sleep Last Line: A defeat he replied Subject(s): War; Hate; Fear; Defeat; Victory; Wellington, Duke Of VICTORY STUFF, by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What d'ye think, lad, what d'ye think Last Line: Me that's wheeled in a chair. Subject(s): Loss; Paris, France; Physical Disabilities; Survival; Victory; War; Handicapped; Handicaps; Physically Challenged; Cripples VICTORY WITHOUT PEACE, by CLEMENT WOOD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The slaughter-bugles screamed once more Last Line: Which leaves no peace on earth—but death. Subject(s): Death; Peace; Victory; War; Dead, The VICTRIX, by ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How was it then with england? Last Line: And all is well with england. Subject(s): England; Patriotism; Victory; War; English WAR (ON THE GERMAN INVASION OF BELGIUM), by EDWARD BLISS REED Poem Text First Line: They who take the sword Last Line: With the sword they shall be slain. Subject(s): Fights; Swords; Victory; World War I - Belgium WILD WEATHER, by KATHARINE LEE BATES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A great wind sweeps Last Line: His quiet hand will lead the sunshine in. Subject(s): Holidays; Veterans Day; Victory; War YOUR TREASURE, by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Long years - you say - you had a quest Last Line: Your holy, high love victory. Alternate Author Name(s): Leigh, Arbor; Guggenberger, Mrs. Ignatz; Bevington, L. S. Subject(s): Wandering & Wanderers; Grief; Victory; Gime; Wanderlust; Vagabonds; Tramps; Hoboes; Sorrow; Sadness |
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