You who celebrate bygones, Who have explored the outward, the surfaces of the races, the life that has exhibited itself, Who have treated of man as the creature of politics, aggregates, rulers and priests, I, habitan of the Alleghanies, treating of him as he is in himself in his own rights, Pressing the pulse of the life that has seldom exhibited itself, (the great pride of man in himself,) Chanter of Personality, outlining what is yet to be, I project the history of the future. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LIVING STARS by GEORGE SANTAYANA THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE RIVER OF LIFE by THOMAS CAMPBELL THE CALL TO THE COLORS by ARTHUR GUITERMAN THE HOMES OF ENGLAND by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS THE OWL AND THE PUSSY CAT by EDWARD LEAR THE TROPICS IN NEW YORK by CLAUDE MCKAY |