Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ASHTABULA DISASTER, by JULIA A. MOORE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Have you heard of the dreadful fate Last Line: For above they live again. Alternate Author Name(s): Sweet Singer Of Michigan Subject(s): Disasters; Railroad Wrecks; Train Wrecks | ||||||||
Have you heard of the dreadful fate Of Mr. P. P. Bliss and wife? Of their death I will relate, And also others lost their life; Ashtabula Bridge disaster, Where so many people died Without a thought that destruction Would plunge them 'neath the wheel of tide. CHORUS: Swiftly passed the engine's call, Hastening souls on to death, Warning not one of them all; It brought despair right and left. Among the ruins are many friends, Crushed to death amidst the roar; On one thread all may depend, And hope they've reached the other shore. P. P. Bliss showed great devotion To his faithful wife, his pride, When he saw that she must perish, He died a martyr by her side. P. P. Bliss went home above -- Left all friends, earth and fame, To rest in God's holy love; Left on earth his work and name. The people love his work by numbers, It is read by great and small, He by it will be remembered, He has left it for us all. His good name from time to time Will rise on land and sea; It is known in distant climes, Let it echo wide and free. One good man among the number, Found sweet rest in a short time, His weary soul may sweetly slumber Within the vale, heaven sublime. Destruction lay on every side, Confusion, fire and despair; No help, no hope, so they died, Two hundred people over there. Many ties was there broken, Many a heart was filled with pain, Each one left a little token, For above they live again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WRECK OF THE GREAT NORTHERN by ROBERT HEDIN THE TAY BRIDGE DISEASTER by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL TRAINWRECKED SOLDIERS by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS A WRECKED LOCOMOTIVE by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE THE ENGINEER'S SIGNAL by FRANCIS BRET HARTE ON THE LATE SHIFT by PATRICK MACGILL WITH THE BREAKDOWN SQUAD by PATRICK MACGILL SAVING A TRAIN by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL THE MAN IN THE CAB by NIXON WATERMAN ADVICE TO LITTLE CHILDREN by JULIA A. MOORE |
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