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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: REFORM & REFORMERS Matches Found: 13 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` FOR WILLIAM EDWARD BURGHARDT DU BOIS ON HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHD, by BETTE DARCIE LATIMER Poem Text First Line: I have awakened from the unknowing to the knowing Last Line: Crushed us into reverence. Subject(s): Du Bois, William Edward B. (1868-1963); Reform & Reformers; Writing & Writers JANE ADDAMS, by GWENDOLYN BROOKS Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: I am jane addams Last Line: So speaks a giant. Jane Subject(s): Addams, Jane (1860-1935); Reform & Reformers REFORMATION, by ANNE FINCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A gentleman, most wretched in his lot Last Line: You all to ruin bring, and every part confound.' Alternate Author Name(s): Kingsmill, Anne; Winchilsea, Countess Of Subject(s): Marriage; Reform & Reformers; Weddings; Husbands; Wives RHYMES FOR THE TIMES: 4. 1865, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Juist noo there are mony wha rin to an' fro Last Line: To the body?—then what for the soul an' for heaven? Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Money; Reform & Reformers; Work; Workers SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MAGRADY GRAHAM, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tell me, was altgeld elected governor? Last Line: On the hills! Subject(s): Altgeld, John Peter (1847-1902); Reform & Reformers ST. ANTHONY THE REFORMER; HIS TEMPTATION, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: No fear lest praise should make us proud Last Line: In laboring on thy crown of thorns! Subject(s): Reform & Reformers THE ARMY OF REFORM, by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Yes, ye are few, - and they were few Last Line: The free tide of the mind. Alternate Author Name(s): Greenwood, Grace Subject(s): Freedom; Reform & Reformers; United States; Liberty; America THE EAGLE THAT IS FORGOTTEN, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sleep softly - eagle forgotten - under the stone Last Line: To live in mankind, far, far more...Than to live in a name. Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel Subject(s): Altgeld, John Peter (1847-1902); Freedom; Reform & Reformers; Liberty THE PATRIOT; AN OLD STORY, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It was roses, roses all the way Last Line: T is god shall repay: I am safer so. Subject(s): Arnold Of Brescia (1100-1155); Clergy; Courage; Reform & Reformers; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Valor; Bravery THE REFORMER, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: All grim and soiled and brown with tan Last Line: With morning light! Subject(s): Freedom; Reform & Reformers; Liberty TO JANE ADDAMS AT THE HAGUE: 1. SPEAK NOW FOR PEACE, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lady of light, and our best woman, and queen Last Line: Back of the smoke is the promise of kindness again. Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel Subject(s): Addams, Jane (1860-1935); Lusitania (ship); Peace; Reform & Reformers; World War I; First World War TO W.E.B. DUBOIS - SCHOLAR, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Grandly isolate as the god of day Last Line: Light of our impotence! Joy of our tongue! Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Du Bois, William Edward B. (1868-1963); Reform & Reformers; Writing & Writers VALENTINE: TO A REFORMER, by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Enthusiast,' 'dreamer,' - such the names Last Line: Like the sacred pool of yore. Alternate Author Name(s): Greenwood, Grace Subject(s): Holidays; Reform & Reformers; Valentine's Day |
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