Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE QUAKERS ARE OUT, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not vainly we waited and counted the hours Last Line: For lincoln goes in, when the quakers are out! Subject(s): Elections; Friends, Religious Society Of; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Voting; Voters; Suffrage; Quakers | ||||||||
NOT vainly we waited and counted the hours, The buds of our hope have all burst into flowers. No room for misgiving -- no loop-hole of doubt, -- We've heard from the Keystone! The Quakers are out. The plot has exploded -- we've found out the trick; The bribe goes a-begging; the fusion won't stick. When the Wide-awake lanterns are shining about, The rogues stay at home, and the true men are out! The good State has broken the cords for her spun; Her oil-springs and water won't fuse into one; The Dutchman has seasoned with Freedom his kraut, And slow, late, but certain, the Quakers are out! Give the flags to the winds! set the hills all aflame! Make way for the man with the Patriarch's name! Away with misgiving, away with all doubt, For Lincoln goes in, when the Quakers are out! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE QUAKER WIDOW by BAYARD TAYLOR CASSANDRA SOUTHWICK; 1658 by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER FIRST-DAY THOUGHTS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER DRAB BONNETS by BERNARD BARTON THE QUAKER POET; VERSES ON SEEING MYSELF SO DESIGNATED by BERNARD BARTON VERSES SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN IN A BURIAL-GROUND .. SOCIETY OF FRIENDS by BERNARD BARTON A POETICAL VERSION OF A LETTER ON RESIGNATION, FROM JACOB BEHMEN by JOHN BYROM FAMILIAR EPISTLES ON A SERMON, 'OFFICE & OPERATIONS OF HOLY SPIRIT': 1 by JOHN BYROM FOR THE DUE IMPROVEMENT OF A FUNERAL SOLEMNITY by JOHN BYROM AMY WENTWORTH; FOR WILLIAM BRADFORD by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER |
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