Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: ELLIOTT IN FORT SUMTER, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And high amongst these chiefs of iron grain Last Line: Confer an antique immortality! Subject(s): American Civil War; Fort Sumter, South Carolina; United States - History | ||||||||
AND high amongst these chiefs of iron grain, Large-statured natures, souls of Spartan mien, Superbly brave, inflexibly serene, Man of the stalwart hope, the sleepless brain, Well dost thou guard our fortress by the main! And what, though inch by inch old Sumter falls, There's not a stone that forms those sacred walls, But holds a tongue, which shall not speak in vain! A tongue that tells of such heroic mood, Such nerved endurance, such immaculate will, That after times shall hearken and grow still, With breathless admiration, and on thee (Whose stern resolve our glorious cause made good). Confer an antique immortality! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A VISIT TO GETTYSBURG by LUCILLE CLIFTON AFTER SPOTSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE by DAVID FERRY ACROSS THE LONG DARK BORDER by EDWARD HIRSCH WALT WHITMAN IN THE CIVIL WAR HOSPITALS by DAVID IGNATOW THE DAY OF THE DEAD SOLDIERS; MARY 30, 1869 by EMMA LAZARUS MANHATTAN, 1609 by EDWIN MARKHAM THE DECISION (APRIL 14, 1861) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE SPARROW HARK IN THE RAIN (ALEXANDER STEPHENS HEARS NEWS) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS A STORM IN THE DISTANCE (AMONG THE GEORGIAN HILLS) by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE |
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