Truth never dies. The ages come and go. The mountains wear away, the stars retire. Destruction lays earth's mighty cities low; And empires, states and dynasties expire; But caught and handed onward by the wise, Truth never dies. Though unreceived and scoffed at through the years; Though made the butt of ridicule and jest; Though held aloft for mockery and jeers, Denied by those of transient power possessed, Insulted by the insolence of lies, Truth never dies. It answers not. It does not take offense, But with a mighty silence bides its time; As some great cliff that braves the elements And lifts through all the storms its head sublime, It ever stands, uplifted by the wise; And never dies. As rests the Sphinx amid Egyptian sands; As looms on high the snowy peak and crest; As firm and patient as Gibraltar stands, So truth, unwearied, waits the era blest When men shall turn to it with great surprise. Truth never dies. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHAMBER MUSIC: 20 by JAMES JOYCE READ THE SIGNS by CLARENCE MAJOR CAMPUS SONNET: MAY MORNING by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET TEARS AND KISSES by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE WILLOW by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |