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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LAMENT FOR PIONEERS, by VERNE BRIGHT First Line: Out of the east they came, the strong, wise men Last Line: Of dream and song, tilled now of the tiller, death! Subject(s): Pioneers | |||
Out of the east they came, the strong, wise men, Marking the trail for the followers, frost of wind White on their wind-flown beards; the prairies, thinned By drouth, they spurned with feet made proud again To step to the drums of danger. Young in heart They climbed the granite ridges, leaped the rivers, Fought the snow in the passes; generous givers Of life to the lives of men. Of joy, a part, And of love, a part, and part, too, of all song, They came and bred in the land and built their houses Of log and stone, tilled the valleys, sowed the long Denuded slopes, reaped harvests ... now carouses The wind in their empty fields, lost to the breath Of dream and song, tilled now of the tiller, death! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TEMPEST by WILLIAM JAY SMITH THE BALLAD OF WILLIAM SYCAMORE (1790-1880) by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ON THE EMIGRATION TO AMERICA AND PEOPLING WESTERN COUNTRY by PHILIP FRENEAU SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: RUTHERFORD MCDOWELL by EDGAR LEE MASTERS CROSSING THE PLAINS by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER WESTWARD HO! by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER FACE TO FACE by ADRIENNE CECILE RICH THE SETTLER: AMERICA IN THE MAKING by ALFRED BILLINGS STREET THE FOUNDERS OF OHIO by WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE |
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