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Rafique Niazi shares Complete Poem Here... — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:34:03 +0000

A Nation’s Strength
(by Ralph Waldo Emerson)

What makes a nation’s pillars high
And it’s foundations strong?
What makes it mighty to defy
The foes that round it throng?

It is not gold. Its kingdoms grand
Go down in battle shock;
Its shafts are laid on sinking sand,
Not on abiding rock.

Is it the sword? Ask the red dust
Of empires passed away;
The blood has turned their stones to rust,
Their glory to decay.

And is it pride? Ah, that bright crown
Has seemed to nations sweet;
But God has struck its luster down
In ashes at his feet.

Not gold but only men can make
A people great and strong;
Men who for truth and honor’s sake
Stand fast and suffer long.

Brave men who work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly…
They build a nation’s pillars deep
And lift them to the sky.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:07:22 +0000

I love Ralph Waldo Emerson. That’s a very inspirational poem. Thanks for sharing.

Danielle — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:51:23 +0000

Jendi,

This is my absolute favorite picture. Some day I will have it hung up in my house!
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