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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY SONG, by JAMES EPHRIAM MCGIRT Poet's Biography First Line: Why was I born if this ends all Last Line: Remember 'tis a start. | |||
Why was I born if this ends all, All that I'll ever be; To feel a spirit that's divine, No chance to let it free. Unfortunate seems now my port, Drifting on poverty's sea; The chains of need have bound me fast, Oh! would that I was free. I'm struggling daily for the shore, The sea is vast and wide; And when I stop to sing my lays, I'm threatened by the tide. But if these rugged lays I've sung, Should cause some heart to move, And bring to me freedom How could I then but love! Accept these lays to you I bring, A token of my art; Jangling though they seem to be Remember 'tis a start. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEMORY OF LINCOLN AND THE YANKEES by JAMES EPHRIAM MCGIRT NOTHING TO DO by JAMES EPHRIAM MCGIRT TELL ME, OH FATE by JAMES EPHRIAM MCGIRT THE CENTURY PRAYER by JAMES EPHRIAM MCGIRT WHEN DE SUN SHINES HOT by JAMES EPHRIAM MCGIRT COLD HANDS WARM HEART by KAREN SWENSON COOPER SQUARE by KAREN SWENSON SONNET TO GEORGE SAND: 2. A DESIRE by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING LEPANTO by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON THE PARADOX by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR SEVEN SAD SONNETS: 6. THE WANDERING ONE MAKES MUSIC by MARY REYNOLDS ALDIS |
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