Of all the nations new and free -- The remnant seed of cruelty -- Who has a better right to be A foster-child of Liberty Than thou, Armenia? Lift up with hope thy stricken brow -- See! all the West sends cheer to thee, Armenia. Oh, thousand years of wrong and scorn! Oh, night that seemed to have no morn! Martyr of cross and spear and thorn, Thy path to Calvary shall be worn No more, Armenia! Last of the fateful brood of war, The world stands still till thou be born, Armenia. By Ararat the blood-stained snow No more shall lie; Euphrates' flow Unmoaning to the sea shall go. Time shall restring the harp of woe To willowy song, Armenia, And memory shall make thee strong And thou what thou hast dreamed shalt know, Armenia. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE POET AND THE BABY by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR OF TREASON by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS THE FAMINE YEAR by JANE FRANCESCA WILDE WALLS by WILLIAM HERVEY ALLEN JR. HELLENS RAPE; OR A LIGHT LANTHORNE FOR LIGHT LADIES by RICHARD BARNFIELD |