Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HEART AND WILL, by WILLIAM JAMES LINTON Poet's Biography First Line: Our england's heart is sound as oak Last Line: And first among the free. Alternate Author Name(s): Spartacus Subject(s): England; Freedom; English; Liberty | ||||||||
OUR England's heart is sound as oak; Our English will is firm; And through our actions Freedom spoke In history's proudest term: When Blake was lord from shore to shore, And Cromwell rul'd the land, And Milton's words were shields of power To stay the oppressor's hand. Our England's heart is yet as sound, As firm our English will; And tyrants, be they cowl'd or crown'd, Shall find us fearless still. And though our Vane be in his tomb, Though Hampden's blood is cold, Their spirits live to lead our doom As in the days of old. Our England's heart is stout as oak; Our English will as brave As when indignant Freedom spoke From Eliot's prison grave. And closing yet again with Wrong, A world in arms shall see Our England foremost of the strong And first among the free. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE THE WILD SWAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE QUARTET IN F MAJOR by WILLIAM MEREDITH CROSS THAT LINE by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE EMANCIPATION by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER EPICUREAN by WILLIAM JAMES LINTON A THRENODY: IN MEMORY OF ALBERT DARASZ, SELECTION by WILLIAM JAMES LINTON |
|