Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OTHERS, by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. Poet's Biography First Line: The daybreak comes so pure and still Last Line: Some other country free. Alternate Author Name(s): Clark, Badger Subject(s): Cowboys; Freedom; War; Liberty | ||||||||
The daybreak comes so pure and still. He said that I was pure as dawn, That day we climbed to Signal Hill, Back there before the war came on. God keep me pure as he is brave, And fit to take his name. I let him go and fight to save Some other girl from shame. Across the gulch it glimmers white, The little house we plotted for. We would be sitting there tonight If he had never gone to war The firelight and the cricket's cheep, My arm around his neck I let him go and fight to keep Some other home from wreck. And every day I ride to town The wide lands talk to me of him The slopes with pine trees marching down, The spread-out prairies, blue and dim. He loved it for the freedom's sake Almost as he loved me. I let him go and fight to make Some other country free. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE THE WILD SWAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE QUARTET IN F MAJOR by WILLIAM MEREDITH CROSS THAT LINE by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE EMANCIPATION by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER A BORDER AFFAIR by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. A BAD HALF HOUR by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. A COWBOY'S PRAYER (WRITTEN FOR MOTHER) by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. |
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