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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TIDES AT PANAMA, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: As effort gigantic
Last Line: "to prevent trust-promotion."
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Panama Canal; Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919); Canal Zone
First Line: As effort gigantic
Last Line: "to prevent trust-promotion."
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Panama Canal; Presidents, United States; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919); Canal Zone
"As effort gigantic,"
Exclaims the Atlantic,
"Is making, to wed us by force."
"Indeed, 'tis terrific,"
Replies the Pacific,
"But cannot we get a divorce?
For Teddy
Is ready
To sanction an ocean
Whose aim
Is a claim
To prevent Trust-promotion."
Other Poems of Interest...
A SONG OF PANAMA by ALFRED DAMON RUNYON
THE PRESIDENT (THE PANAMA TOLLS) by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON
PANAMA; HOME OF THE DOVE-PLANT OR HOLY GHOST FLOWER by AMANDA THEODOSIA JONES
THE SHIP CANAL FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC by FRANCIS LIEBER
LIGHT OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS; POEM ON UNION OF THE OCEANS AT PANAMA by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER
THE FLAG; AN INCIDENT OF STRAIN'S EXPEDITION by JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE
CUT ACROSS; A SONG OF THE PANAMA CANAL by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS
THE CHRIST OF PANAMA by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS