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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NEWPORT, by ALICE DUER MILLER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On these brown rocks the waves dissolve in a spray Last Line: "to win religious liberty for these?" Subject(s): Newport, Rhode Island; Sacrifices; Tradition | |||
On these brown rocks the waves dissolve in spray As when our fathers saw them first alee. If such a one could come again and see This ancient haven in its latter day, These haughty palaces and gardens gay, These dense, soft lawns, bedecked by many a tree Borne like a gem from Ind or Araby; If he could see the race he bred, at play Bright like a flock of tropic birds allured To pause a moment on the southward wing By these warm sands and by these summer seas Would he not cry, "Alas, have I endured Exile and famine, hate and suffering, To win religious liberty for these?" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CANYON GORGE ARROYO by ALBERT GOLDBARTH THE YELLOW BADGE by RUTH SCHECHTER ALEXANDER OLD SARUM; LINES ON THE CONFERENCE OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH AT SALISBURY by ALICE COLBURN BEAL THE GOLDEN ODES OF PRE-ISLAMIC ARABIA: IMR EL KAIS by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT PHI BETA KAPPA POEM; HARVARD, 1914 by BLISS CARMAN REMEMBRANCE by ELIZABETH M. COOPER BELINDA by VIRGINIA TAYLOR MCCORMICK THE MESSAGE OF SETH; AN ORIENTAL TRADITION by DAVID MACBETH MOIR YOUNG ENGLAND - WHAT IS THEN BECOME OF OLD by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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