Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE AMERICAN SOLDIER, by PHILIP FRENEAU Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Deep in a vale, a stranger now to arms Last Line: She leaves her soldier -- famine and a name! Subject(s): Army - United States | ||||||||
Deep in a vale, a stranger now to arms, Too poor to shine in courts, too proud to beg, He, who once warred on Saratoga's plains, Sits musing o'er his scars, and wooden leg. Remembering still the toil of former days, To other hands he sees his earnings paid; -- They share the due reward -- he feeds on praise, Lost in the abyss of want, misfortune's shade. Far, far from domes where splendid tapers glare, 'Tis his from dear bought peace no wealth to win, Removed alike from courtly cringing 'squires, The great-man's Levee, and the proud man's grin. Sold are those arms which once on Britons blazed, When, flushed with conquest, to the charge they came, That power repelled, and Freedom's fabrick raised, She leaves her soldier -- famine and a name! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TAPS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON YOUR LAD, AND MY LAD by RANDALL PARRISH A CALL TO ARMS by MARY RAYMOND SHIPMAN ANDREWS THE DEBT UNPAYABLE by FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON AN ADDRESS TO THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF ... AMERICAN ARMY by PHILIP FRENEAU THE NORTHERN SOLDIER (2) by PHILIP FRENEAU WAKE, MASSACHUSETTS by MARION PERHAM GALE AN ANCIENT PROPHECY by PHILIP FRENEAU |
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