Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HUG THE BEAR!, by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR Poet's Biography First Line: So 'twas for this that with consuming rage Last Line: And down each cesspool stuff a tricolor! Subject(s): Brotherhood; Flags; France; Hugo, Victor (1802-1885); Slavery; Serfs | ||||||||
So 'twas for this that with consuming rage Your grandsires brake their bonds, and with a flood Of rich, and ancient, and tyrannic blood Washed Serfdom out from the annals of their age; For this the barefoot Armies did engage Upon a hundred fields; for this the good Grey-headed Hugo sang of Brotherhood In many a perfect line and laurelled page! It was for this! Well, if all shame be o'er, Fawn on the Russ, and when he smites one cheek Turn to him the other too, and since 'twere weak Too seem half-hearted in such vile collapse, Trail through your festal streets the old crimson caps, And down each cesspool stuff a Tricolor! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOY IN THE WOODS by CLAUDE MCKAY ELIZABETH KECKLEY: 30 YEARS A SLAVE AND 4 YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE by E. ETHELBERT MILLER EMANCIPATION by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER JOHN BROWN'S BODY by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET EPITAPHIUM CITHARISTRIAE by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR |
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