Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A BUST OF LINCOLN, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poet's Biography First Line: This was a man of mighty mould Last Line: Stand as his cenotaph! Subject(s): Heroism; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Heroes; Heroines | ||||||||
THIS was a man of mighty mould Who walked erewhile our earthly ways, Fashioned as leaders were of old In the heroic days! Mark how austere the rugged height Of brow -- a will not wrought to bend! Yet in the eyes behold the light That made the foe a friend! Sagacious he beyond the test Of quibbling schools that praise or ban; Supreme in all the broadest, best, We hail American. When bronze is but as ash to flame, And marble but as wind-blown chaff, Still shall the luster of his name Stand as his cenotaph! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON NOTES FOR AN ELEGY by WILLIAM MEREDITH THE EROTICS OF HISTORY by EAVAN BOLAND A SONG FOR HEROES by EDWIN MARKHAM AFTER THE BROKEN ARM by RON PADGETT PRELUDE; FOR GEOFFREY GORER by EDITH SITWELL EXAMINATION OF THE HERO IN A TIME OF WAR by WALLACE STEVENS |
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