A Nation's Strength

Grade 7 Poem

by R. W. Emerson

Volume: 10 | Page: 316

Estimated reading time: 1 minute

Your Family's Reading

Please sign in to track your reading.

Content

NOT gold, but only man can make A people great and strongMen who, for truth and honor's sake, Stand fast and suffer long. Brave men who work while others sleep, Who dare while others flyThey build a nation's pillars deep And lift them to the sky.