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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TRAGEDY, by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, the tragedy of the injustice of this world
Last Line: Brooding silent over all!
Subject(s): Tragedy
First Line: Oh, the tragedy of the injustice of this world
Last Line: Brooding silent over all!
Subject(s): Tragedy
OH, the tragedy of the injustice of this world,
Yoked to willing shoulders of good men!
The consent of mute Indifference,
To shame and crime that baffle,
With a keen infernal cunning,
Unceasing strife and brave endeavor
Of all earnest hearts and true!
The death-cry of despairing souls
That will not build belief,
Lest on the shifting sand of lies
The bright house of life be founded!
And the great star-lighted heavens
Brooding silent over all!
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