Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN WITH PALE CHEEK AND SUNKEN EYE I SANG, by HENRY DAVID THOREAU Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Dreaming of peace when all around was war Subject(s): U.s. - Mexican War (1846-1848) | ||||||||
When with pale cheek and sunken eye I sang Unto the slumbering world at midnights hour, How it no more resounded with war's clang, And virtue was decayed in Peace's bower; How in these days no hero was abroad, But puny men, afraid of war's alarms, Stood forth to fight the battles of their Lord, Who scarce could stand beneath a hero's arms; A faint, reproachful, reassuring strain, From some harp's strings touched by unskilful hands Brought back the days of chivalry again, And the surrounding fields made holy lands. A bustling camp and an embattled host Extending far on either hand I saw, For I alone had slumbered at my post, Dreaming of peace when all around was war. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE VOLUNTEERS by WILLIAM HAINES LYTLE RIO BRAVO - A MEXICAN LAMENT by DON JOSE DE SALTILLO WAR FOR SLAVERY WAS WAGED FOR BASEST ENDS by WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON BIGLOW PAPERS: LETTER ... TO JOSEPH T. BUCKINGHAM by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL WAR BETWEEN TWO RACES OF ANTS by HENRY DAVID THOREAU GREAT FRIEND by HENRY DAVID THOREAU INDEPENDENCE by HENRY DAVID THOREAU INSPIRATION (2) by HENRY DAVID THOREAU |
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