WE sat at drinking with our merry host And saw them pass, the mighty ships of Mars, In single line, flying the Stripes and Stars, Sweeping to southward off the Gloucester coast; Our prattle ceased; an old man called a toast, "Pledge Uncle Sam, his guns, his gallant tars!" We drank and sat to silence and cigars, While our gray gentleman made bold a boast: "Earth's greatest clash of arms is yet to be, Some day the steel will ring around the world; Then these vast forts of force, with flags unfurled, Like flame-tongued demons shall patrol the sea, And all their stores of hot rage shall be hurled For honor's sake, for truth and liberty." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 50. AL-BAHITH by EDWIN ARNOLD LILIES: 12. 'YET I ENDURE.' by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) IT'S ONLY FAIR by BERTON BRALEY HASTINGS' SONNETS: 2 by SAMUEL EGERTON BRYDGES BEAUTY CRUCIFIED by ANNA SHAW BUCK VERSES FOUND IN A SUMMER HOUSE AT HALES-OWEN by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |