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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DISTINCTION, by MARK ANTHONY DE WOLFE HOWE Poet's Biography First Line: The village sleeps, a name unknown, till men Last Line: T is grown a gettysburg or waterloo. | |||
THE village sleeps, a name unknown, till men With life-blood stain its soil, and pay the due That lifts it to eternal fame, -- for then 'T is grown a Gettysburg or Waterloo. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE KNOWN SOLDIER; FOR THE DAY OF PRESIDENT WILSON'S BURIAL by MARK ANTHONY DE WOLFE HOWE THE TRAVELLERS by MARK ANTHONY DE WOLFE HOWE CANTICLE OF THE RACE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH: A DREAM OF PONCE DE LEON by HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH SALLY IN OUR ALLEY by HENRY CAREY (1687-1743) THE WASTE PLACES by JAMES STEPHENS I WOULD NOT LIFT THY VEIL by A. LOUISE ASHWORTH CANTO 27; WA-BE-NO-KA by LEVI BISHOP THE DEAD BRONCHO-BUSTER by BERTON BRALEY |
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