Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OUR MOTHER TONGUE, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Beyond the vague atlantic deep Last Line: Forget not it is yours and ours. Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord Variant Title(s): An Envoy To An American Lady Subject(s): English Language | ||||||||
BEYOND the vague Atlantic deep, Far as the farthest prairies sweep, Where forest-glooms the nerve appal, Where burns the radiant Western fall, One duty lies on old and young, -- With filial piety to guard, As on its greenest native sward, The glory of the English tongue. That ample speech! That subtle speech! Apt for the need of all and each: Strong to endure, yet prompt to bend Wherever human feelings tend. Preserve its force -- expand its powers; And through the maze of civic life, In Letters, Commerce, even in Strife, Forget not it is yours and ours. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FEW DIFFERENCES: 3 by RICHARD WILBUR A FEW DIFFERENCES: 5 by RICHARD WILBUR A FEW DIFFERENCES: 6 by RICHARD WILBUR A FEW DIFFERENCES: 7 by RICHARD WILBUR MORE OPPOSITES: 1 by RICHARD WILBUR MORE OPPOSITES: 10 by RICHARD WILBUR MORE OPPOSITES: 11 by RICHARD WILBUR MORE OPPOSITES: 12 by RICHARD WILBUR COLUMBUS AND THE MAYFLOWER by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES |
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