Voice, with what emulous fire thou singest free hearts of old fashion,
English scorners of Spain, sweeping the blue sea-way,
Sing me the daring of life for life, the magnanimous passion
Of man for man in the mean populous streets of To-day!
Hand, with what color and power thou couldst show, in the ring hot-sanded,
Brown Bestiarius holding the lean tawn tiger at bay,
Paint me the wrestle of Toil with the wild-beast Want, bare-handed;
Shadow me forth a soul steadily facing To-day!
To-day
Helen Gray Cone
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Poem topics: fire, passion, power, sea, tiger, beast, voice, soul, wild, blue, shadow, brown, fashion, color, life, Valentine's Day, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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