THOU who didst rise like a pearl from the ocean, Whose beauty surpasseth the splendour of morn! Lo! We invoke thee with eager devotion, Hearken, O Lotus-born! Come! with sweet eyelids and fingers caressing, With footfalls auspicious our thresholds adorn, And grant us the showers and the sheaves of thyblessing, Hearken, O Lotus-born! Prosper our cradles and kindred and cattle, And cherish our hearth-fires and coffers and corn, O watch o'er our seasons of peace and of battle, Hearken, O Lotus-born! For our dear Land do we offer oblation, O keep thou her glory unsullied, unshorn, And guard the invincible hope of our nation, Hearken, O Lotus-born! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE TO THE BROWN PAPER BAG by JAMES GALVIN DESIRE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ILLUSIONS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A LITTLE GIRL'S PRAYER by KATHERINE MANSFIELD THE WALL STREET PIT, MAY, 1901 by EDWIN MARKHAM IN GRANTCHESTER MEADOWS; ON HEARING A SKYLARK SING by GEORGE SANTAYANA |