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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 ACROSS THE RED SKY by KATHERINE MANSFIELD CITY VIGNETTE: DAWN by SARA TEASDALE BEFORE THE BIRTH OF ONE OF HER CHILDREN by ANNE BRADSTREET MONTEREY [SEPTEMBER 23, 1846] by CHARLES FENNO HOFFMAN THE QUAKER GRAVEYARD by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL AN ORIGINAL THOUGHT by MARIA ABDY |
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