Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, RED JACKET (FROM ALOFT), by WALT WHITMAN



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First Line: Upon this scene, this show
Last Line: Like one of ossian's ghosts looks down.
Subject(s): Red Jacket. Seneca Chief (1756-1830)


Upon this scene, this show,
Yielded to-day by fashion, learning, wealth,
(Nor in caprice alone -- some grains of deepest meaning,)
Haply, aloft, (who knows?) from distant sky-cloud's blended shapes,
As some old tree, or rock or cliff, thrill'd with its soul,
Product of Nature's sun, stars, earth direct -- a towering human form,
In hunting-shirt of film, arm'd with the rifle, a
half-ironical smile curving its phantom lips,
Like one of Ossian's ghosts looks down.





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