History & Politics

To the President of the United States of America

by Robert Bridges 1844–1930

From October and Other Poems (1920)

History & Politics

See England’s stalwart daughter, who made emprise
’Gainst her own mother, freeborn of the free,
Who slew her sons for her slaves’ liberty,
See for mankind her majesty arise!
From her new world her unattainted eyes
Espy deliverance, and her bold decree
Speaks for Great Britain’s wide confederacy:
The folk shall rule, if only they be wise.

Ambition, hate, revenge, the secret sway
Of priest and kingcraft shall be done away
By faith in beauty, chivalry and good.
One God made all, and will all wrongs forgive
Save their hell-heart who stab man’s hope to live
In mutual freedom, peace and brotherhood.

MLA

Bridges, Robert. “To the President of the United States of America.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bridges/51/.

Chicago

Bridges, Robert. “To the President of the United States of America.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bridges/51/.

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