|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE NEW JERSEY MONUMENT, by ELLEN CLEMENTINE DORAN HOWARTH Poet's Biography
First Line: Build high the monument! We will remember
Last Line: Those hero-hearted sires.
Subject(s): Monuments; New Jersey
First Line: Build high the monument! We will remember
Last Line: Those hero-hearted sires.
Subject(s): Monuments; New Jersey
Build high the monument! we will remember
Those brave, true-hearted men,
Who caught the spark from freedom's dying ember,
And lit their camp-fires then.
Here, where the noble Delaware is flowing,
They crossed the frozen wave;
Here, where the field of waving grain is growing,
The patriot found a grave.
Can we forget them, who that dark December
Watched freedom's paling fires?
Up with the shaft! our children shall remember
Those hero-hearted sires.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
A PHYSICAL MOON BEYOND PATERSON by NORMAN DUBIE
ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE by VIRGIL SUAREZ
CORSONS INLET by ARCHIE RANDOLPH AMMONS
THE INVENTION OF NEW JERSEY by JACK ANDERSON
CALDWELL OF SPRINGFIELD [JUNE 23, 1780] by FRANCIS BRET HARTE
THE TWELVE-FORTY-FIVE (FOR EDWARD J. WHEELER) by ALFRED JOYCE KILMER
LEGEND by JOHN VAN ALSTYN WEAVER
CELEBRATION ODE by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN