Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE PENNSYLVANIANS, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Days undefiled by luxury or sloth Last Line: To upper air from mammon's loathsome den. Subject(s): Pennsylvania | ||||||||
DAYS undefiled by luxury or sloth, Firm self-denial, manners grave and staid, Rights equal, laws with cheerfulness obeyed, Words that require no sanction from an oath, And simple honesty a common growth -- This high repute, with bounteous Nature's aid, Won confidence, now ruthlessly betrayed At will, your power the measure of your troth! -- All who revere the memory of Penn Grieve for the land on whose wild woods his name Was fondly grafted with a virtuous aim, Renounced, abandoned by degenerate Men For state-dishonour black as ever came To upper air from Mammon's loathsome den. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RETURNING NATIVE by JOHN UPDIKE WYNCOTE, PENNSYLVANIA: A GLOSS by THOMAS KINSELLA THE OUTCAST'S DREAM by OLIVE BELL SEEN ON A WAR-SHRINE IN PENNSYLVANIA by E. M. GREEVES-CARPENTER IN THE CHINA SEAS by ARTHUR PETERSON LANCASTER by SARAH STEELE SAMPLE MEETING OF THE SUSQUEHANNA WITH THE LACKAWANA by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY THE OLD PENNSYLVANIA FARMER by BAYARD TAYLOR HYMN OF THE DUNKERS; KLOSTER KEDAR, EPHRATA, PENN. (1738) by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER A JEWISH FAMILY; IN A SMALL VALLEY OPPOSITE ST. GOAR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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