You have travelled close beside the human race
From where it first evolved and led it on;
E’er moving with increasing bolder pace
From Darkness up to where your beacon shone.
Tho’ ignorance and superstition oft
Have blocked your way, you ne’er vouchsafed to veer
From off your course, but held your torch aloft-
The ages, struggling in the dark, to cheer.
March on. Oh Progress up to the greater heights
The more your beacon lights are trimmed, the more
They’ll show the nakedness of wrongs and rights
Which law should crush and what it should restore.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Нина Веселова – Жена
- A Child’s Evening Prayer by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Farewell
- Олег Сердобольский – Храбрый червячок
- Eccentricity by Washington Allston
- Владимир Маяковский – Успокоилась Франция, злобой не пышет… (РОСТА №625)
- I’m So Good That I Don’t Have To Brag by Shel Silverstein
- Sonnet 06 poem – John Milton poems
- Admonition by Sylvia Plath
- Hymn To Death poem – Alfred Austin
- The Louse-Hunters poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Ольга Седакова – Вениамин
- Flute-Priest Song For Rain poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Владимир Орлов – Как появились ромашки
- Владимир Маяковский – Тексты для издательства “Сегодняшний лубок” (Плакаты)
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
