Old Mr. Solomon Reeder has a philosophic mind, Which is to reading newspapers most wondrously inclined. "They broaden one's intelligence," he says with conscious pride, "And bring us into sympathy with all the world outside; And make us feel the universal brotherhood of man, Which knits America to Greece and Chile and Japan." So every evening after tea he sends "the brats" to bed, That in philosophic silence the paper may be read; And lonely Mrs. Reeder, as she mutely knits, can see His every feature glowing with a widening sympathy; Until, at half-past ten o'clock, he lays the paper by, With universal brotherhood a-glimmering in his eye. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LITTLE PEOPLES by CLAUDE MCKAY THE SNOW MAN by WALLACE STEVENS CIRCE by AUGUSTA DAVIES WEBSTER A CHARACTER OF SARAH HALLOWELL VAUGHAN by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE UNSEEN WORLD by CRAVEN LANGSTROTH BETTS THE FIRE WITHIN by ROBERT BRENDON |