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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LIVING DEAD, by RALPH CHAPLIN Poet's Biography First Line: Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie Last Line: And dare not speak! Subject(s): Freedom; Industrial Workers Of The World (i.w.w.); Labor Unions; Liberty | |||
Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie— Dust unto dust— The calm sweet earth that mothers all who die As all men must; Mourn not your captured comrades who must dwell— Too strong to strive— Each in his steel-bound coffin of a cell, buried alive; But rather mourn the apathetic throng— The cowed and meek— Who see the world's great anguish and its wrong And dare not speak! | 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 TO MY LITTLE SON by RALPH CHAPLIN THE GOLDEN WEDDING OF STERLING AND SARAH LANIER by SIDNEY LANIER |
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