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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AMERICAN POETRY; A FRAGMENT, by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON First Line: Must every shore ring boldly to the voice Last Line: And canst thou then -- Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; United States; America | |||
Must every shore ring boldly to the voice Of sweet poetic harmony, save this? Rouse thee, America! for shame! for shame! Gather thy infant bands, and rise to join Thy glimmering taper to the holy flame: -- Such honour, if no other, may be thine. Shall Gallia's children sing beneath the yoke? Shall Ireland's harpstrings thrill, though all unstrung?. And must America, her bondage broke, Oppression's blood-stains from her garment wrung, Must she be silent? -- who may then rejoice? If she be tuneless, Harmony, farewell! Oh! shame, America! wild freedom's voice Echoes, "shame on thee," from her wild-wood dell. Shall conquered Greece still sing her glories past? Shall humbled Italy in ruins smile? And canst thou then -- | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS WATCH THE LIGHTS FADE by ROBINSON JEFFERS AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE MEETING YOU AT THE PIERS by KENNETH KOCH INVOCATION TO THE SOCIAL MUSE by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH A DREAM by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON |
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