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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LIGHT-BRINGER, by WITTER BYNNER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This is a time of death and blinded pain Last Line: But forever. Alternate Author Name(s): Morgan, Emanuel Subject(s): Courage; Military; War; Valor; Bravery | |||
This is a time of death and blinded pain, And men, as if half-slain Stare at delirium With empty eyes And can no longer tell how patient come Into the skies The counselling stars. These be my weapons in the flight: The invincible nights and days (My bright flag signalling their points and rays) And the one proud, profoundest gun, The unassailable light Of the sun! O my own people!—if we dare to be Humanity, If our preparedness be first within, If we be resolute to sever The heart of courage from the heart of fear— Then we shall hear Above the din, The only trump of victory, Not for the day, not for the year, But forever. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNLESS IT WAS COURAGE by MARVIN BELL THE QUALITY OF COURAGE by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ON THE OREGON COAST; FOR WILLIAM STAFFORD by ROBERT BLY WORDS WITH WALLACE STEVENS by ROBERT BLY BUFFALO CLOUDS OVER THE MAESTRO HOON by NORMAN DUBIE A SONG OF COURAGE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE AUDACIOUS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON OH, THE WATER by DORIANNE LAUX A BUFFALO DANCE AT SANTO DOMINGO by WITTER BYNNER |
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