Lens and line Across the map deploy, Sight cornerstones Of man and boy. Between, where Oder And the Danube run, Are acres adequate For every son— Soil enough For geography and death Who requisitions but A shoulder's-breadth For one or more. He will not leave it less Who lays a boundary With bone and flesh— Boundary bone Plus loyal loin and lip— Proof determinate Of final map. Have plummet point, Let civil eye survey The fatal length of limb The coign of clay; Determine where This loyalty shall lie— Within, without whatever Field, what sky. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A POST-IMPRESSIONIST SUSURRATION FOR THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER by HAYDEN CARRUTH A FLORIDA GHOST by SIDNEY LANIER A DAY DREAM by EMILY JANE BRONTE BOADICEA; AN ODE by WILLIAM COWPER WIFE, CHILDREN AND FRIENDS by WILLIAM ROBERT SPENCER RAIN ON FALL NIGHTS by MILDRED TELFORD BARNWELL |