Katharine Lee Bates

Here you will find the Poem Great Twin Brethren, The of poet Katharine Lee Bates

Great Twin Brethren, The

The battle will not cease 
Till once again on those white steeds ye ride, 
O heaven-descended Twins, 
Before humanity's bewildered host. 
Our javelins 
Fly wide, 
And idle is our cannon's boast. 
Lead us, triumphant Brethren, Love and Peace. 
A fairer Golden Fleece 
Our more adventurous Argo fain would seek, 
But save, O Sons of Jove, 
Your blended light go with us, vain employ 
It were to rove 
This bleak, 
Blind waste. To unimagined joy 
Guide us, immortal Brethren, Love and Peace.