THE WORLD has room for the manly man, with the spirit of manly cheer; The world delights in the man who smiles when his eyes keep back the tear; It loves the man who, when things are wrong, can take his place and stand With his face to the fight and his eyes to the light, and toil with a willing hand; The manly man is the country's need, the moment's need, forsooth, With a heart that beats to the pulsing troop of the lilied leagues of truth; The world is his and it waits for him, and it leaps to hear the ring Of the blow he strikes and the wheels he turns and hammers he dares to swing; It likes the forward look on his face, the poise of his noble head, And the onward lunge of his tireless will and the sweep of his dauntless tread! Hurrah for the manly man who comes with sunlight on his face, And the strength to do and the will to dare and the courage to find his place! The world delights in the manly man, and the weak and evil flee When the manly man goes forth to hold his own on land or sea! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: STATE'S ATTORNEY FALLAS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN CAMPUS SONNET: TALK by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ADOLF EICHMANN by HAYDEN CARRUTH NEW YEAR'S EVE by DAVID IGNATOW MATE (2) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 11 by JAMES JOYCE ON CARPACCIO'S PICTURE: THE DREAM OF ST. URSALA; SONNET by AMY LOWELL |