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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INDIVIDUALITY, by ADA CAMBRIDGE Poet's Biography First Line: Phew! 'tis a stuffy and stupid place Last Line: The stalwart captain, not afraid to lead. Alternate Author Name(s): Cross, George, Mrs. Subject(s): Social Classes | |||
Phew! 'T'is a stuffy and stupid place, This social edifice by Custom wrought -- This fenced enclosure wherein all are caught, The great and small, the noble and the base, And squeezed and flattened to one common face. Air, air for springing fancy, errant thought! Scope to make something of the seeming nought! Room for the fleet foot and the open race! Break out, O brother, braver than the rest, Lover of Liberty, whose arm is strong! Buttress our independence with thy breast, And fight a passage through the stagnant throng. Many will press behind thee, but they need The stalwart captain, not afraid to lead. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WEALTH OF THE DESTITUTE by DENISE LEVERTOV THE GATEKEEPER'S CHILDREN by PHILIP LEVINE THE SWIMMING POOL by THOMAS LUX POEM BEGINNING WITH A RANDOM PHRASE FROM COLERIDGE by THOMAS LUX FRESCOES FOR MR. ROCKEFELLER'S CITY: BURY GROUND BY THE TIES by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH INVOCATION TO THE SOCIAL MUSE by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH FORTUNO CARRACCIOLI by ROBERT MCALMON AN AMERICAN POEM by EILEEN MYLES |
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