Summary of the Poem: The Fall of the Ivy League: From Godly Roots to Godless Rot

The poem laments the moral and spiritual decline of Ivy League schools, once founded on Christian principles and devotion to God’s Word. It describes their shift from nurturing faith and American ideals to embracing anti-God, immoral ideologies and rejecting patriotism. The Ivies are criticized for accepting funds from foreign entities hostile to America and Christianity, symbolizing their betrayal of sacred roots for material gain. The poem warns of their spiritual doom due to pride and calls for repentance, affirming that God’s truth will endure despite their fall.

Once rooted deep in sacred ground,
Ivy halls where God’s Word was found,
Harvard, Yale, with godly aim,
Birthed in truth, to fan faith’s flame.

Now shadows creep where light once stood,
Their hearts turned cold, forsaking good.
Anti-God rot, a creeping blight,
Morality scorned in endless night.

They spurn the Cross, embrace the void,
Virtue mocked, with truth destroyed.
American ideals, once held so high,
Now trampled low as flags run dry.

From foreign hands, the coin they take,
From those who hate, for hatred’s sake.
Nations that curse the land of free,
Fund their halls with enmity.

God’s name erased, His law defiled,
Patriot’s heart now scorned, exiled.
The Ivies bow to mammon’s call,
Their sacred roots now rot, and fall.

Yet truth endures, though men betray,
God’s Word will rise, no man can stay.
O fallen schools, repent, return,
Lest in your pride, you doom your soul.