LIBERTY, fiery Goddess, dangerous Saint! God knows I worship thee no less than they Who fain would set thee in the common way To battle at their sides without restraint, Redoubtable Amazon! Who, never faint, Climbest the barricades at break of day, With tangled locks and blood-besmirched array, Thy torch low-smoking through the carnage taint! But I would set thee in a golden shrine Above the enraptured eyes of dreaming men, Where thou shouldst reign immutable, divine, A hope to all generations and a sign; Slow-guiding to the stars, through quag and fen, The scions of thine aye-unvanquished line! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A PACIFIST FRIEND by GEORGE SANTAYANA ON THE MEDUSA OF LEONARDO DA VINCI IN THE FLORENTINE GALLERY by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY IN PRAISE OF OLD AGE by ANAXANDRIDES AUNT FANNY; A LEGEND OF A SHIRT by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM NIGHTFALL by FLORENCE ASHLEY BELLER PSALM 63 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE LINES SUGGESTED BY A LATE OCCURRENCE by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD |