Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A BULL MOOSE, by EUGENE GLADSTONE O'NEILL Poet's Biography First Line: Braw, snortin', roarin', fearsome beastie Last Line: The self-same way. Subject(s): Burns, Robert (1759-1796); Elections; Poetry & Poets; Politics & Government; Voting; Voters; Suffrage | ||||||||
Braw, snortin', roarin', fearsome beastie What a tumult's in thy breastie Thou needna think that we will heed thee Or mark thy clatter Thou canna make us believe we need thee By inane chatter. Poor beastie, 'tis an ill opinion To think we'd suffer thy dominion Thy fate is sealed for next November After election Then present boasts thou wilt remember With deep dejection. So, Moosie, cease thy bragging vain We canna hear thee wi'out pain The best laid plans of Moose and men Gang aft agley We can but hope that thine will wend The self-same way. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INAUGURATION DAY: JANUARY 1953 by ROBERT LOWELL THE DEMONSTRATION by GREGORY ORR YOUNG SAMMY'S FIRST WILD OATS by GEORGE SANTAYANA ON A GREAT ELECTION; EPIGRAM by HILAIRE BELLOC THE BIGLOW PAPERS: 3. WHAT MR. ROBINSON THINKS by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE COUNTRY CLERGYMAN'S TRIP TO CAMBRIDGE; ELECTION BALLAD by THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY COLORED HEROES, HARK THE BUGLE; POLITICAL by ROBERT CHARLES O'HARA BENJAMIN SUFFRAGE MARCHING-SONG by LOUIS JAMES BLOCK AN ELECTION BALLAD by ROBERT BURNS THE SNUG LITTLE ISLAND by THOMAS FROGNALL DIBDIN |
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