Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Last of a stalwart time and race gone by Last Line: A life grown holier on its heavenward way. Subject(s): Stephens, Alexander Hamilton (1812-1883) | ||||||||
LAST of a stalwart time and race gone by, That simple, stately, God-appointed band, Who wrought alone to glorify their land, With lives built high on truth's eternity, While placemen plot, while flatterers fawn or lie, And foul corruptions, wave on wave, expand, I see thee rise, stainless of heart as hand, O man of Roman thought and radiant eye! Through thy frail form, there burn divinely strong The antique virtues of a worthier day; Thy soul is golden, if thy head be gray, No years can work that lofty nature wrong; They set to concords of ethereal song A life grown holier on its heavenward way. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A STORM IN THE DISTANCE (AMONG THE GEORGIAN HILLS) by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE ASPECTS OF THE PINES by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE BEYOND THE POTOMAC by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE CHARLESTON by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE IN HARBOR by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE MACDONALD'S RAID - A.D. 1780 by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE PATIENCE by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE PRE-EXISTENCE by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE THE BATTLE OF CHARLESTON HARBOR by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE THE ROSE AND THORN by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE VICKSBURG by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE A BACHELOR-BOOKWORM'S COMPLAINT OF LAST PRESENTIAL ELECTION by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE |
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