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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FREDERICK DOUGLASS, by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER SR. First Line: O eloquent and cuastic sage Last Line: They'll turn and underrate thee. Subject(s): Douglass, Frederick (1817-1895) | |||
O eloquent and caustic sage! Thy long and rugged pilgrimage To glory's shrine has ended; And thou hast passed the inner door, And proved thy fitness o'er and o'er, And to the dome ascended. In speaking of thy noble life One needs must think upon the strife That long and sternly faced it; But since those times have flitted by, Just let the useless relic die With passions that embraced it. There is no evil known to man But what, if wise enough, he can Grow stronger in the bearing; And so the ills we often scorn May be of heavenly wisdom born To aid our onward faring. Howe'er this be, just fame has set Her jewels in thy coronet So firmly that the ages To come will ever honor thee And place thy name in company With patriots and sages. Now thou art gone, the little men Of fluent tongue and trashy pen Will strive to imitate thee; And when they find they haven't sense Enough to make a fair pretense, They'll turn and underrate thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FREDERICK DOUGLASS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR FREDERICK DOUGLASS by ROBERT EARL HAYDEN IN MEMORIAM by HENRIETTA CORDELIA RAY FREDERICK DOUGLASS (1) by SAM CORNISH FREDERICK DOUGLASS (2) by SAM CORNISH FREDERICK DOUGLASS by ROBERT EARL HAYDEN FREDERICK DOUGLASS: 1817-1895 by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES FIVE BLACK MEN by MARGARET ABIGAIL WALKER ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER SR. ANSWER TO DUNBAR'S 'AFTER A VISIT' by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER SR. DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON TO THE NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER SR. |
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