Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MODERN PATRIOT, by WILLIAM COWPER Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Rebellion is my theme all day Last Line: Then farewell british freedom. Subject(s): Great Britain; Revolutions | ||||||||
REBELLION is my theme all day; I only wish 'twould come (As who knows but perhaps it may?) A little nearer home. Yon roaring boys, who rave and fight On t'other side the Atlantic, I always held them in the right, But most so when most frantic. When lawless mobs insult the court, That man shall be my toast, If breaking windows be the sport, Who bravely breaks the most. But oh! for him my fancy culls The choicest flowers she bears, Who constitutionally pulls Your house about your ears. Such civil broils are my delight, Though some folks can't endure 'em, Who say the mob are mad outright, And that a rope must cure 'em. A rope! I wish we patriots had Such strings for all who need 'em.-- What! hang a man for going mad! Then farewell British freedom. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CLOUDS OF MAGELLAN (APHORISMS OF MR. CANON ASPIRIN) by NORMAN DUBIE WE WHO WERE EXECUTED by FAIZ AHMED FAIZ A SEMI-REVOLUTION by ROBERT FROST L,ENVOI: IN OUR TIME by ERNEST HEMINGWAY FROM THE PARIS COMMUNE TO THE KRONSTADT REBELLION by KENNETH REXROTH HATCHING; FOR DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI by KAREN SWENSON TABLEAUX VIVANTS; NAPLES, 1790 by ELAINE TERRANOVA A COMPARISON by WILLIAM COWPER |
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