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Title: The Poet's Theme Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox [More Titles by Wilcox] What is the explanation of the strange silence of American poets concerning American triumphs on sea and land? Literary Digest.
To laud and eulogize the trade which thrives Man was a fighting beast when earth was young, 'Twixt might and might the equal contest lay, Too often now the conquering hero struts Success no longer rests on skill or fate, Of old men fought and deemed it right and just. And in his secret soul feels shame because Oh! there are worthier themes for poet's pen Or triumphs of one hero (though he be The rights of many--not the worth of one; The awful opulence, and awful need; The soul of man replete with God's own force, Are there not better themes in this great age Than those old tales of killing? Song is dumb When comes the bard, he whom the world waits for, [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |