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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NEWSPAPERS, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography
First Line: The people's mind in daily black and white
Last Line: And ye who see it, gladden, and salute!
Subject(s): Newspapers; Journalism; Journalists
First Line: The people's mind in daily black and white
Last Line: And ye who see it, gladden, and salute!
Subject(s): Newspapers; Journalism; Journalists
The people's mind in daily black and white;
The crude clear picture of the people's will,
Confused, distorted, clumsy to fulfil,
Yet ever blundering onward to the light:
What history is here for one to write
Whose eye can read it! As the hidden rill
Creeps through the marshes timorous and still
But onward ever to the ocean's might,
So through the muddy tangle of these lines,
This daily gorge of gossip, of dispute,
These floating shadows of obscure designs,
These raucous cries, these aspirations mute,
Gleam of a growing purpose softly shines:
And ye who see it, gladden, and salute!
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