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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEATH OF AN OLD CARRIAGE HORSE, by GEORGE MOSES HORTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I was a harness horse Last Line: Bade me from life to push along. | |||
I was a harness horse, Constrained to travel weak or strong, With orders from oppressing force, Push along, push along. I had no space of rest, And took at forks the roughest prong, Still by the cruel driver pressed, Push along, push along. Vain strove the idle bird, To charm me with her artless song, But pleasure lingered from the word, Push along, push along. The order of the day Was push, the peal of every tongue, The only word was all the way, Push along, push along. Thus to my journey's end, Had I to travel right or wrong, 'Till death my sweet and favored friend, Bade me from life to push along. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON HEARING OF INTENTION .. TO PURCHASE THE POET'S FREEDOM by GEORGE MOSES HORTON ON LIBERTY AND SLAVERY by GEORGE MOSES HORTON A SLAVE'S REFLECTIONS THE EVE BEFORE HIS SALE by GEORGE MOSES HORTON ACROSTICS by GEORGE MOSES HORTON CONNUBIAL FELICITY by GEORGE MOSES HORTON DIVISION OF AN ESTATE by GEORGE MOSES HORTON EARLY AFFECTION by GEORGE MOSES HORTON EXCITED FROM READING THE OBEDIENCE OF NATURE TO HER LORD IN VESSEL SEA by GEORGE MOSES HORTON EXECUTION OF PRIVATE HENRY ANDERSON by GEORGE MOSES HORTON FAREWELL TO FRANCES by GEORGE MOSES HORTON |
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