Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY HERO, by ETHEL MAE ARTZ First Line: I am not dead, I live again! Last Line: But I bow in gratitude to god. Subject(s): Heroism; Miracles; Heroes; Heroines | ||||||||
I am not dead, I live again! In a land of beautiful scenes, Because my hero had decided to win, While others gave up in despair. All day I lay there wondering If alone I must fight this game. If I died, what of her I kept pondering? But my hero saved me that day. Who, by some miracle through man Has made my sick body whole again? My hero is my doctor, great, noble man. But I bow in gratitude to God. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON NOTES FOR AN ELEGY by WILLIAM MEREDITH THE EROTICS OF HISTORY by EAVAN BOLAND A SONG FOR HEROES by EDWIN MARKHAM AFTER THE BROKEN ARM by RON PADGETT PRELUDE; FOR GEOFFREY GORER by EDITH SITWELL EXAMINATION OF THE HERO IN A TIME OF WAR by WALLACE STEVENS BROTHERHOOD (2) by EDWIN MARKHAM OF DISTRESS BEING HUMILIATED BY THE CLASSICAL CHINESE POETS by HAYDEN CARRUTH |
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