Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHICAGO, by FRANCIS BRET HARTE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Blackened and bleeding, helpless, panting, prone Last Line: The gifts her kinship and our loves reveal. Alternate Author Name(s): Harte, Bret Subject(s): Chicago Fire (1871) | ||||||||
BLACKENED and bleeding, helpless, panting, prone, On the charred fragments of her shattered throne Lies she who stood but yesterday alone. Queen of the West! by some enchanter taught To lift the glory of Aladdin's court, Then lose the spell that all that wonder wrought. Like her own prairies by some chance seed sown, Like her own prairies in one brief day grown, Like her own prairies in one fierce night mown. She lifts her voice, and in her pleading call We hear the cry of Macedon to Paul, The cry for help that makes her kin to all. But haply with wan fingers may she feel The silver cup hid in the proffered meal, The gifts her kinship and our loves reveal. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TWO CITIES by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER CHICAGO by JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY HOW ARE YOU, SANITARY?' by FRANCIS BRET HARTE A NEWPORT ROMANCE by FRANCIS BRET HARTE A SECOND REVIEW OF THE GRAND ARMY [MAY 24, 1865] by FRANCIS BRET HARTE AN ARCTIC VISION [JUNE 20, 1867] by FRANCIS BRET HARTE CALDWELL OF SPRINGFIELD [JUNE 23, 1780] by FRANCIS BRET HARTE CHIQUITA by FRANCIS BRET HARTE CROTALUS by FRANCIS BRET HARTE |
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