|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SYMPATHETIC READER, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography
First Line: Old mr. Solomon reeder has a philosophic mind
Last Line: With universal brotherhood a-glimmering in his eye.
Subject(s): Newspapers; Journalism; Journalists
First Line: Old mr. Solomon reeder has a philosophic mind
Last Line: With universal brotherhood a-glimmering in his eye.
Subject(s): Newspapers; Journalism; Journalists
Old Mr. Solomon Reeder has a philosophic mind,
Which is to reading newspapers most wondrously inclined.
"They broaden one's intelligence," he says with conscious pride,
"And bring us into sympathy with all the world outside;
And make us feel the universal brotherhood of man,
Which knits America to Greece and Chile and Japan."
So every evening after tea he sends "the brats" to bed,
That in philosophic silence the paper may be read;
And lonely Mrs. Reeder, as she mutely knits, can see
His every feature glowing with a widening sympathy;
Until, at half-past ten o'clock, he lays the paper by,
With universal brotherhood a-glimmering in his eye.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
THE CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS RISES GREATLY IN TIME OF WAR by EVE MERRIAM
IT IS DANGEROUS TO READ NEWSPAPERS by MARGARET ATWOOD
METAMORPHOSES: 3. THE RE-BIRTH OF VENUS by GEOFFREY HILL
THE INTERVIEW by DAVID IGNATOW
THE MORNING STAR by PRIMUS ST. JOHN
A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS