Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AMBITION, by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE


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First Line: They brought the mighty chief to town
Last Line: "me heap big chief, me look like hell."
Subject(s): Comedy; Native Americans; Racism; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry


They brought the mighty chief to town;
They showed him strange, unwonted sights;
Yet as he wandered up and down,
He seemed to scorn their vain delights.
His face was grim, his eye lacked fire,
As one who mourns a glory dead;
And when they sought his heart's desire:
"Me like'um tooth same gold," he said.

A dental place they quickly found.
He neither moaned nor moved his head.
They pulled his teeth so white and sound;
They put in teeth of gold instead.
Oh, never saw I man so gay!
His very being seemed to swell:
"Ha! ha!" he cried, "Now Injun say
Me heap big chief, me look like hell."





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