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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WEBSTER, by WILLIAM HENRY CUYLER HOSMER Poet's Biography First Line: A cloud is over marshfield, and the wail Last Line: Are closely with thy heart-strings intertwined. Subject(s): Marshfield, Massachusetts; Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) | |||
A CLOUD is over Marshfield, and the wail Of a vast empire floats upon the gale; One without peer has shaken hands with death, And yielded to the elements his breath: Admonished that the last great change was nigh, Majestic in decline, he came to die Back to the rural scenes he loved so well, Cheered by the low of kine, and pastoral bell, -- Back, where his ear once more might catch the roll Of the roused Ocean, -- symbol of his soul! The agony is o'er, -- the goal is won, -- Earth opens to receive her greatest son! The world seems poorer now, the sky less fair, And reigns a brooding sadness everywhere! Mourn, stern New England! mother of the dead! Bow to the dust thy richly laurelled head! He was thy pride, the prop of thy renown, The brightest jewel in thy dazzling crown; Thy battle-fields of liberty he trod, Holding thy soil in reverence next to God, And the proud triumphs of his matchless mind Are closely with thy heart-strings intertwined. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DANIEL WEBSTER by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES ICHABOD by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE FIGHT WITH THE SNAPPING TURTLE; OR, THE AMERICAN ST. GEORGE by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN TO WEBSTER by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE DANIEL WEBSTER'S HORSES by ELIZABETH JANE COATSWORTH WEBSTER by RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE VOICE OF WEBSTER by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON DANIEL WEBSTER by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR THE LOST OCCASION by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER SONG OF TEXAS by WILLIAM HENRY CUYLER HOSMER |
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