Posted on 05/07/2010 5:58:28 AM PDT by Clive
Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour:
England hath need of thee: she is a fen
Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen,
Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower,
Have forfeited their ancient English dower
Of inward happiness. We are selfish men;
Oh! raise us up, return to us again;
And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart:
Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea:
Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free,
So didst thou travel on life's common way,
In cheerful godliness; and yet the heart
The lowliest duties on herself did lay.
Egad, the USA needs a William Wordsworth right now!!!
Otherwise we’ll be Greece sooner, not later.
I wanna hear Snoop Doggy Dogg recite that....
What a perfect poem for the United States 2010. Profound beyond words...
Can you please ping me when you post anything like this? Thanks!
Brilliant
That was Tennyson.
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