Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHISHOLM, by RUTH EVELYN REID First Line: Melting pot of the world, ore center Last Line: That their children might become americans! Subject(s): U.s. - Immigration And Emigration | ||||||||
Melting pot of the world, ore center, Builder of magnificent schools, Village of manifold interests, They tell me you are full of foreigners; It is true. They tell me there is no universal speech there; That is true, And they tell me all cannot read or write; All is true, But I answer them: Show me another town with greater zest, Foreigners fighting against odds, That their children might find happiness: That their children might read and write, And speak the English language! Working, sweating, Hoping, praying That their children might become Americans! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DWARF WITH VIOLIN, GOVERNMENT CENTER STATION by STANLEY PLUMLY FARRAGUT NORTH by STANLEY PLUMLY ELLIS ISLAND by JAMES OPPENHEIM TO A FRENCH GIRL IN AMERICA by MABEL KINGSLEY RICHARDSON AT THE GATE by NATHAN FREDERICK SPIELVOGEL BARTHOLDI'S PHAROS by GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND IN A HOSPITAL CORRIDOR by ANNE-ELISE ROANE WINTER TO AN IONIAN BOY by GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY THIS AUTUMN NIGHT by RUTH EVELYN REID WINTER GRIEF by RUTH EVELYN REID LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF EOGHAN RUADH (OWEN ROE) O'NEIL by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS |
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