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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BONDAGE, by LUCY WHITE JENNISON First Line: And this is freedom!' cried the serf Last Line: I took it up and bound it on again. Alternate Author Name(s): Innsley, Owen | |||
"AND this is freedom!" cried the serf; "At last I tread free soil, the free air blows on me;" And, wild to learn the sweets of liberty, With eager hope his bosom bounded fast. But not for naught had the long years amassed Habit of slavery; among the free He still was servile, and, disheartened, he Crept back to the old bondage of the past. Long did I bear a hard and heavy chain Wreathed with amaranth and asphodel, But through the flower-breaths stole the weary pain. I cast it off and fled, but 't was in vain; For when once more I passed by where it fell, I took it up and bound it on again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BURDEN OF LOVE by LUCY WHITE JENNISON THE CROPPY BOY: (A BALLAD OF '98) by WILLIAM B. MCBURNEY KIT CARSON'S RIDE by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 27. HEART'S COMPASS by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI FANTAISIES DECORATIVES: 2. LES BALLOONS by OSCAR WILDE ANOTHER REAPER by WILLIAM H. ARMSTRONG III |
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