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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TRIBUTE TO AMERICA, by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There is a people mighty in its youth Last Line: Nay, start not at the name -- america! Subject(s): Patriotism; United States; America | |||
There is a people mighty in its youth, A land beyond the oceans of the west, Where, though with rudest rites, Freedom and Truth Are worshipt. From a glorious mother's breast, Who, since high Athens fell, among the rest Sate like the Queen of Nations, but in woe, By inbred monsters outraged and opprest, Turns to her chainless child for succor now, It draws the milk of Power in Wisdom's fullest flow That land is like an eagle, whose young gaze Feeds on the noontide beam, whose golden plume Floats moveless on the storm, and on the blaze Of sunrise gleams when Earth is wrapt in gloom; An epitaph of glory for thy tomb Of murdered Europe may thy fame be made, Great People! As the sands shalt thou become; Thy growth is swift as morn when night must fade; The multitudinous Earth shall sleep beneath thy shade. Yes, in the desert, there is built a home For Freedom! Genius is made strong to rear The monuments of man beneath the dome Of a new Heaven; myriads assemble there Whom the proud lords of man, in rage or fear, Drive from their wasted homes. The boon I pray Is this -- that Cythna shall be convoyed there, -- Nay, start not at the name -- America! | 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 DIRGE by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY ADONAIS; AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF JOHN KEATS by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY |
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