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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOUSSAINT L'OVERTURE: HIS BOYHOOD, by GEORGE CLINTON ROWE Poet's Biography First Line: His eldest son, arradas' heir Last Line: His high estate. Subject(s): Toussaint L'ouverture (1743-1803) | |||
His eldest son, Arradas' heir, Toussaint L'Overture, who there Was given birth, In seventeen hundred forty-three, Was destined by the gods to be A man of worth. A slender boy, he grew apace; A Prince-apparent of his race! Most eagerly He sat him down at Learning's feast, His teacher, pious Pierre Baptiste Exultingly Taught him to read and write and pray, Some Latin, French, Geometry; To meditate, Upon the precious word of God, His name to magnify, and laud His high estate. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH TO ANDREW CROSSE by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR THE SPIRIT VOICE; OR, LIBERTY CALL TO THE DISENFRANCHISED by CHARLES L. REASON TOUSSAINT L'OVERTURE: HIS ANCESTRY by GEORGE CLINTON ROWE TOUSSAINT L'OVERTURE: HIS MANHOOD by GEORGE CLINTON ROWE TOUSSAINT L'OVERTURE: HIS PRIME by GEORGE CLINTON ROWE TOUSAINT L'OUVERTURE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE (A REVERIE) by JAN CAREW HISTORIC EPISODES by PETER WELLINGTON CLARK GOD SPEED by GEORGE CLINTON ROWE |
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