|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRESIDENT GARFIELD, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: These words the poet heard in paradise
Last Line: "I came from martyrdom unto this peace!"
Subject(s): Assassination; Garfield, James Abram (1831-1881)
First Line: These words the poet heard in paradise
Last Line: "I came from martyrdom unto this peace!"
Subject(s): Assassination; Garfield, James Abram (1831-1881)
"E venni dal martirio a questa pace."
PARADISO, XV, 14'.
THESE words the poet heard in Paradise,
Uttered by one who, bravely dying here
In the true faith, was living in that sphere
Where the celestial cross of sacrifice
Spread its protecting arms athwart the skies;
And set thereon, like jewels crystal clear,
The souls magnanimous, that knew not fear,
Flashed their effulgence on his dazzled eyes.
Ah me! how dark the discipline of pain,
Were not the suffering followed by the sense
Of infinite rest and infinite release!
This is our consolation; and again
A great soul cries to us in our suspense,
"I came from martyrdom unto this peace!"
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
THE SOBBING OF THE BELLS (MIDNIGHT, SEPT. 19-20, 1881) by WALT WHITMAN
THE BELLS AT MIDNIGHT by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
GARFIELD'S RIDE AT CHICKAMAUGA by HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH
AT THE PRESIDENT'S GRAVE by RICHARD WATSON GILDER
IN MEMORIAM: ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE
ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
TO RALPH WALDO EMERSON, ON THE DEATH OF GARFIELD, SEPTEMBER, 1881 by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON
GARFIELD by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER
A BALLAD OF THE FRENCH FLEET; OCTOBER, 1746 by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW