UNTRAMMELLED Giant of the West, With all of Nature's gifts endowed, With all of Heaven's mercies blessed, Nor of thy power unduly proud -- Peerless in courage, force, and skill, And godlike in thy strength of will, -- Before thy feet the ways divide: One path leads up to heights sublime; The other downward slopes, where bide The refuse and the wrecks of Time. Choose then, nor falter at the start, O choose the nobler path and part! Be thou the guardian of the weak, Of the unfriended, thou the friend; No guerdon for thy valor seek, No end beyond the avowed end. Wouldst thou thy godlike power preserve, Be godlike in the will to serve! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TRUE UNTIL DEATH by ROBERT BURNS ADAM'S CURSE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS MAN AN' MOOSE by ROBERT ADAMSON (1832-) I WOULD BE THE SUN by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS CHARACTERS: SARAH RIGBY by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 19 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |