Ode For The New Year Poem by Jonathan Odell
Ode For The New Year
When rival nations first descried,
Emerging from the boundless main
This land by tyrants yet untried,
On high was sung this lofty strain:
Rise Britannia beaming far !
Rise bright freedom's morning star.
To distant regions unexplor'd
Extend the blessings of thy sway;
To yon benighted world afford
The light of thy all-chearing ray;
Rise, Britannia, rise bright star
Spread thy radiance wide and far!
The shoots of science rich and fair,
Transplanted from thy fostering isle
And by thy genius nurtur'd there,
Shall teach the wilderness to smile,
Shine, Britannia, rise and shine!
To bless mankind the task be thine.
Nor shall the Muses now disdain
To find a new asylum there:
And ripe for harvest see the plain,
Where lately rov'd the prowling bear.
Plume, Britannia, plume thy wing!
Teach the savage wild to sing!
From thee descended, there the swain
Shall arm the port and spread the sail,
And speed his traffick o'er the main
With the skill to brave the sweeping gale:
Skill, Britannia, taught by thee,
Unrivall'd empress of the sea!
This high and holy strain how true
Had now from age to age been shown;
And to the world's admiring view
Rose freedom's transatlantic throne:
Here, Britannia, here thy fame
Long did we with joy proclaim.
But ah! what frenzy breaks a band
Of love and union held so dear!
Rebellion madly shakes the land,
And love is turn'd to hate and fear.
Here, Britannia, here at last
We feel contagion's deadly blast.
Thus blind, alas, when all is well,
Thus blind are mortals here below:
As when apostate angels fell,
Ambition turns our bliss to woe.
Now, Britannia, now beware;
For other conflicts now prepare.
By thee controul'd for ages past,
See now half Europe in array: so
For wild ambition hopes at last
To fix her long projected sway.
Rise, Britannia, rise again
The scourge of haughty France and Spain!
The howling tempest fiercely blows,
And ocean rages in the storm :
'Tis then the fearless pilot shows
What British courage can perform.
Rule, Britannia, rule the waves
And ruin all intruding slaves.
A nice poetic work but it smacks of imperialist designs which prompted Britain to colonise half the world during those days. Thanks. Shine, Britannia, rise and shine! To bless mankind the task be thine. And ruin all intruding slaves.
ONE This poem is dated, with which I mean that we all can read WHEN this poem had its glorious period, and that is WHEN BRITANNIA ruled the waves. Canada is also a part of this BRTW (Britannia Rules The Waves) .
TWO Britannai then was superstrong, but nowadays? Britannia is no more and England is hiding for the European Mighty Countries. This poem sounds like an obedient child who loves his mother and is loyal to her laws and rules, no matter right or wrong. Yet this poem is a thought provoking one. CONGRATS with Modern Poem of The Day..
God's mercy and light we get frequently. New Year is very special to all of us and we feel its importance very much. This is very thoughtful poem beautifully penned. A perfect New Year poem is selected as the poem of the day...10
Though simple to point out the tragic consequences of Britannia's global imperialistic accomplishments upon those who received the blessings of subjugation and colonization, this piece is an intriguing and enlightening portal into the ethnocentric mindset that not only justified, but moreover compelled the expansion of Britannia's dominion over the ''wild savagery'' of the realms beyond the British shores. Also a glimpse back into the age in which he who ruled the waves ruled the world.
That period, beginning with Britannia, has been styled a memorable British days in the history of world............ Nice ode brilliantly scripted..........outstanding piece..........thanks for sharing
The task be thine! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Inspirational evoking of the poem is indeed quite eminent to note! Nice to read with zeal from the beginning to the end! Congratulations!