O human hearts, Beating through fear, through jealousy, Through pride, through avarice, through bitterness, Through agony, through death. Beating, beating, Shame and forgiveness, Bewilderment and love, O my own country, My new world, Prepare, Prepare— Not to avenge wrong But to exalt right, Not to display honor But to prove humility, Not to bring wrath But vision, Not to win war But a people, And not people only, But all peoples, Not to exact justice from your enemies only But from your friends, And not from your friends only But from yourselves! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CRADLE SONG, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE ODE TO A HUMAN HEART by SAMUEL LAMAN BLANCHARD I WOULD I COULD DANCE by HELEN M. BROUGH HEADS, HEARTS, AND HANDS by GEORGE W. BUNGAY BURNS - EXTEMPORE by ROBERT BURNS |