Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MAGRADY GRAHAM, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tell me, was altgeld elected governor? Last Line: On the hills! Subject(s): Altgeld, John Peter (1847-1902); Reform & Reformers | ||||||||
TELL me, was Altgeld elected Governor? For when the returns began to come in And Cleveland was sweeping the East, It was too much for you, poor old heart, Who had striven for democracy In the long, long years of defeat. And like a watch that is worn I felt you growing slower until you stopped. Tell me, was Altgeld elected, And what did he do? Did they bring his head on a platter to a dancer, Or did he triumph for the people? For when I saw him And took his hand, The child-like blueness of his eyes Moved me to tears, And there was an air of eternity about him, Like the cold, clear light that rests at dawn On the hills! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO W.E.B. DUBOIS - SCHOLAR by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE PATRIOT; AN OLD STORY by ROBERT BROWNING THE EAGLE THAT IS FORGOTTEN by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY THE REFORMER by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER RHYMES FOR THE TIMES: 4. 1865 by JANET HAMILTON ST. ANTHONY THE REFORMER; HIS TEMPTATION by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES FOR WILLIAM EDWARD BURGHARDT DU BOIS ON HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHD by BETTE DARCIE LATIMER TO JANE ADDAMS AT THE HAGUE: 1. SPEAK NOW FOR PEACE by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ALEXANDER THROCKMORTON by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |
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