“Pity the Nation” A Poem for our Time by Lawrence Ferlinghetti | When I Survey . . .

  “PITY THE NATION”Lawrence Ferlinghetti (After Khalil Gibran) 2007 Pity the nation whose people are sheepAnd whose shepherds mislead them Pity the nation whose leaders are liarsWhose sages are silencedAnd whose bigots haunt the airwaves Pity the nation that raises not its voiceExcept to praise conq..