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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHARLOTTE CORDAY; A MEMOIR OF A HAND, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: A child's small hand, lost in her father's - twined Last Line: When norman charlotte dared her noble crime. Subject(s): Corday, Charlotte (1768-1793); Fathers & Daughters; Hands | |||
A child's small hand, lost in her father's - twined In springtide round the stems of earliest flowers, Which she had found in fields and orchard-bowers, With earnest eyes, that best deserve to find; A woman's hand - whose pulses ever glowed With eager purpose, running bolder blood Than childhood's; though the loving teardrops flowed Whene'er she clasped in dreams her country's good: An armed hand! fresh from the stricken throat Of that fierce homicide, whose rage of heart Woke counter-rage, that came and saw and smote; Ah! maiden's hand! blood-stained at last! thou art The very symbol of the unnatural time When Norman Charlotte dared her noble crime. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY FATHER, MY HANDS by RICHARD BLANCO MY MOTHER'S HANDS by ANDREW HUDGINS I WAS BORN WITH TWELVE FINGERS by LUCILLE CLIFTON TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: A MEDITATION by LUCILLE CLIFTON FIFTH GRADE AUTOBIOGRAPHY by RITA DOVE THE TYPICAL HAND by ELENI SIKELIANOS THE CARPENTER by PRIMUS ST. JOHN HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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