Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, JACQUES, by GEORGE MURRAY (1830-1910)


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JACQUES, by                    
First Line: In paris at the dawn of light
Last Line: To be inscribed above!
Subject(s): Heroism; Heroes; Heroines


In Paris at the dawn of light,
To work two masons hied;
And mounting to a scaffold's height,
Their labour briskly plied.

Soon their frail foothold in the air
Cracked, threatening to give way;
Too weak the weight of two to bear—
For one a trembling stay.

"Jacques," cried his mate, "I have a wife
And children three alive."
"Farewell!" said Jacques, and gave his life
A sacrifice for five.

O hero! known as "Jacques" to Fame,
That deed's unselfish love
In full, we trust, shall cause thy name
To be inscribed Above!





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