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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SURRENDER, by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We ask for peace. We, at the bound Last Line: We ask for peace. Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | |||
We ask for peace. We, at the bound O life, are weary of the round In search of Truth. We know the quest Is not for us, the vision blest Is meant for other eyes. Uncrowned, We go, with heads bowed to the ground, And old hands, gnarled and hard and browned. Let us forget the past unrest, -- We ask for peace. Our strained ears are deaf, - no sound May reach them more; no sight may wound Our worn-out eyes. We gave our best, And, while we totter down the West, Unto that last, that open mound, -- We ask for peace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A MONA LISA by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE |
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