Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FARTHER, by JOHN JAMES PIATT First Line: Far-off a young state rises, full of might Last Line: Lighting the doorway of the pioneer! Variant Title(s): Suggested Device Of A New Western State | ||||||||
(THE SUGGESTED DEVICE OF A NEW WESTERN STATE) FAR-OFF a young State rises, full of might: I paint its brave escutcheon. Near at hand See the log-cabin in the rough clearing stand; A woman by its door, with steadfast sight, Trustful, looks Westward, where, uplifted bright, Some city's Apparition, weird and grand, In dazzling quiet fronts the lonely land, With vast and marvellous structures wrought of light, Motionless on the burning cloud afar: The haunting vision of a time to be, After the heroic age is ended here, Built on the boundless, still horizon's bar By the low sun, his gorgeous prophecy Lighting the doorway of the pioneer! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DEAR PRESIDENT by JOHN JAMES PIATT LEAVES AT MY WINDOW by JOHN JAMES PIATT THE CHILD IN THE STREET by JOHN JAMES PIATT THE GUERDON by JOHN JAMES PIATT THE LOST GENIUS by JOHN JAMES PIATT THE MOWER IN OHIO by JOHN JAMES PIATT THE ROSE AND THE ROOT by JOHN JAMES PIATT TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN by JOHN JAMES PIATT |
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