Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS FROM 'AMERICA AND ENGLAND IN DANGER OF WAR': 3, by GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY Poet's Biography First Line: What is the strength of england, and her pride Last Line: What is it that giveth her immortal breath? Variant Title(s): America And England Subject(s): England; English | ||||||||
WHAT is the strength of England, and her pride Among the nations, when she makes her boast? Has the East heard it, where her far-flung host Hangs like a javelin in India's side? Does the sea know it, where her navies ride, Like towers of stars, about the silver coast, Or from the great Capes to the uttermost Parts of the North like ocean meteors glide? Answer, O South, if yet where Gordon sank, Spent arrow of the far and lone Soudan, There comes a whisper out of wasted death! O every ocean, every land, that drank The blood of England, answer, if ye can, What is it that giveth her immortal breath? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NINETEEN FORTY by NORMAN DUBIE GHOSTS IN ENGLAND by ROBINSON JEFFERS STAYING UP FOR ENGLAND by LIAM RECTOR STONE AND FLOWER by KENNETH REXROTH THE HANGED MAN by KENNETH REXROTH ENGLISH TRAIN COMPARTMENT by JOHN UPDIKE AT GIBRALTAR by GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY |
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