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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SICKLINESS, by JAMES OPPENHEIM Poet's Biography
First Line: Here is strength, here
Last Line: And the bugle of that manner shall call out the regiments of my tented soul.
Subject(s): Sickness; Illness
First Line: Here is strength, here
Last Line: And the bugle of that manner shall call out the regiments of my tented soul.
Subject(s): Sickness; Illness
HERE is strength, here,
In my own breast:
If I go whining to the Earth and the stars,
And beseech help of a sweet invisible one in the air about me,
Let me also go where I belong:
Among children and invalids.
Off with this habit of sickness!
Let me puff out my cheeks and blow away the vapors of sadness and downheartedness!
The erect pride shall beget a manner of triumph:
And the bugle of that manner shall call out the regiments of my tented soul.
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