O World, be Nobler
Born 1869
O WORLD, be nobler, for her sake!
If she but knew thee what thou art,
What wrongs are borne, what deeds are done
In thee, beneath thy daily sun,
Know'st thou not that her tender heart
For pain and very shame would break?
O World, be nobler, for her sake!
DayPoems Poem No. 819
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/819.html">O World, be Nobler by Laurence Binyon</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
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