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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALTON LOCKE'S SONG, by CHARLES KINGSLEY Poet's Biography First Line: Weep, weep, weep and weep / for pauper, dolt and slave! Last Line: Who shall stay it? Variant Title(s): People's Song;'my Last Words' Subject(s): Chartism; Freedom; Justice; Liberty | |||
WEEP, weep, weep and weep, For pauper, dolt, and slave! Hark! from wasted moor and fen Feverous alley, stifling den, Swells the wail of Saxon men -- Work! or the grave! Down, down, down and down With idler, knave, and tyrant! Why for sluggards cark and moil? He that will not live by toil Has no right on English soil! God's word's our warrant! Up, up, up and up! Face your game and play it! The night is past, behold the sun! The idols fall, the lie is done! The Judge is set, the doom begun! Who shall stay it? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE THE WILD SWAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE QUARTET IN F MAJOR by WILLIAM MEREDITH CROSS THAT LINE by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE EMANCIPATION by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER A FAREWELL [TO C.E.G.] by CHARLES KINGSLEY A ROUGH RHYME ON A ROUGH MATTER; THE ENGLISH GAME LAWS by CHARLES KINGSLEY |
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