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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BLACK RIDERS: 22, by STEPHEN CRANE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Once I saw mountains angry Last Line: Who stood against the mountains. Variant Title(s): Ancestry Subject(s): Ancestors & Ancestry; Heritage; Heredity | |||
ONCE I saw mountains angry, And ranged in battle-front. Against them stood a little man; Ay, he was no bigger than my finger. I laughed, and spoke to one near me, "Will he prevail?" "Surely," replied this other; "His grandfathers beat them many times." Then did I see much virtue in grandfathers, -- At least, for the little man Who stood against the mountains. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CRESCENT MOON ON A CAT?ÇÖS COLLAR by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA DOCKERY AND SON by PHILIP LARKIN GENEALOGY OF FIRE by KHALED MATTAWA EAST OF CARTHAGE: AN IDYLL by KHALED MATTAWA FOR AL-TAYIB SALIH by KHALED MATTAWA HISTORY OF MY FACE by KHALED MATTAWA BEGINNING WITH 1914 by LISEL MUELLER AN AMERICAN POEM by EILEEN MYLES TO THE DIASPORA: YOU DID NOT KNOW YOU WERE AFRIKA by GWENDOLYN BROOKS THE BLACK RIDERS: 1 by STEPHEN CRANE |
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