IN THE MESSAGE OFALEXANDER II TO CONGRESS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR Whatever be the meaning of that creed Of the poke-bonnet and the ample brim, Still in the shoes of truth the Quakers tread, When they denounce our wars: forget the prim Staid aspect of these worthy gentlemen, While purely, honestly, for peace they plead; Nor think it shame to propagate the seed Sown by the sober hands of William Penn; Perchance - when to that Northern court they went, They left some saddening thoughts of death and war; And can we think their words were idly spent, If that sweet message of the younger Czar To deaf Americans, were meant to endorse, By the son's act, the father's late remorse? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LULLABY OF A LOVER by GEORGE GASCOIGNE LAUSANNE: IN GIBBON'S OLD GARDEN by THOMAS HARDY MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 11 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI GOD SAVE THE NATION! by THEODORE TILTON THE PRAYSE OF LADY PECUNIA by RICHARD BARNFIELD A QUARTET ('THE MIKADO' AT CAMBRIDGE) by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |