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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 THE EXPANDED COMPOSITION by CLARENCE MAJOR THE PHANTOM-LOVER [OR, WOOER] by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE MILKMAID'S SONG by SYDNEY THOMPSON DOBELL FAIRYLAND (1) by EDGAR ALLAN POE MARY'S GIRLHOOD (FOR A PICTURE): 1 by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |
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