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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BENJAMIN LUNDY, by WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON Poet's Biography
First Line: Self-taught, unaided, poor, reviled, contemned
Last Line: To die we are prepared, but not an inch to yield.
Subject(s): Heroism; Heroes; Heroines
First Line: Self-taught, unaided, poor, reviled, contemned
Last Line: To die we are prepared, but not an inch to yield.
Subject(s): Heroism; Heroes; Heroines
Self-taught, unaided, poor, reviled, contemned,
Beset with enemies, by friends betrayed,
As madman and fanatic oft condemned,
Yet in thy noble cause still undismayed!
Leonidas thy courage could not boast;
Less numerous were his foes, his hand more strong;
Alone, unto a more than Persian host,
Thou hast undauntedly given battle long.
Nor shall thou singly wage the unequal strife;
Now to thy aid with spear and shield I rush,
And freely do I offer up my life
And bid my heart's blood find a wound to gush!
New volunteers are trooping to the field --
To die we are prepared, but not an inch to yield.
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