Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LEACHED, by FRANCES SAWYER


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LEACHED, by                    
First Line: In france they martyred one progenitor
Last Line: Heroes set forth in a menagerie.
Subject(s): Capital Punishment; England; France; Martyrs; Hanging; Executions; Death Penalty; English


In France they martyred one progenitor,
Another one in English air they burned,
Troublesome fellows doubtless who had earned
That swift dispatch the litanists abhor;
He flamed within, the jibed-at warrior,
While though restrained the other blood was turned
To proper wrath, -- they should not be concerned
Over the thing a man is destined for.
Now never fires of zealous martyrdoms
Nor victims for cold generosity;
Under this nothingness the race succumbs
Unless the boldest men alive should be
Displayed to public view with a stir of drums, --
Heroes set forth in a menagerie.





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