Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COLORED HEROES, HARK THE BUGLE; POLITICAL, by ROBERT CHARLES O'HARA BENJAMIN Poet's Biography First Line: Colored heroes seek your standard Last Line: Cowards they, who turn and fly. Subject(s): Elections; Voting; Voters; Suffrage | ||||||||
Colored heroes seek your standard, Know you not the foeman's near, Know you not how they'll enslave you, You and yours, who are so dear. Gather then, combine for freedom, Fight for that and bravely die, Only cowards turn their faces, Cowards they, who turn and fly. Colored heroes, hark, your masters Have combined and are as one, They have sworn they will enslave you, Will you now the battle shun? Gather then, combine for freedom, Wealth would claim you 'till you die, Only cowards turn their faces, Cowards they, who turn and fly. Colored heroes, get your armor, Each be worthy of the name. Better far than be a coward, You be numbered with the slain. Gather then, combine for freedom, They would crush you till you die. Only cowards turn their faces, Cowards they, who turn and fly. Colored heroes, hark the bugle, O'er the land sounds the alarm, Bravely charge the foemen's trenches, On each breast there is a charm. Gather then, combine for freedom, Predjudice will have to die, 'Tis but cowards turn their faces, Cowards they, who turn and fly. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INAUGURATION DAY: JANUARY 1953 by ROBERT LOWELL THE DEMONSTRATION by GREGORY ORR YOUNG SAMMY'S FIRST WILD OATS by GEORGE SANTAYANA ON A GREAT ELECTION; EPIGRAM by HILAIRE BELLOC THE BIGLOW PAPERS: 3. WHAT MR. ROBINSON THINKS by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE COUNTRY CLERGYMAN'S TRIP TO CAMBRIDGE; ELECTION BALLAD by THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY SUFFRAGE MARCHING-SONG by LOUIS JAMES BLOCK AN ELECTION BALLAD by ROBERT BURNS EPISTLE TO ROBERT GRAHAM OF FINTRY (1) by ROBERT BURNS LONELY BURIAL by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET |
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