Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TRAGEDY, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: This, of all fates, would be the saddest end Last Line: To every baseness of the foe he fought. Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Mythology - Celtic; Slavery; Work; Workers; Serfs | ||||||||
THIS, of all fates, would be the saddest end; That that heroic fever, with its cry From Children unto Mother, "Here am I!" Should lose the very faith it would defend; That the high soul through passion should descend To work the evil it had willed must die. If it won so, would that be victory, That tragic close? Oh, hearken, foe or friend! Love, the magician, and the wizard Hate, Though one be like white fire and one dark flame, Work the same miracle, and all are wrought Into the image that they contemplate. None ever hated in the world but came To every baseness of the foe he fought. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOY IN THE WOODS by CLAUDE MCKAY ELIZABETH KECKLEY: 30 YEARS A SLAVE AND 4 YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE by E. ETHELBERT MILLER EMANCIPATION by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER JOHN BROWN'S BODY by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET A SUMMER NIGHT by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL |
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