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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 LINES ON LEAVING THE BEDFORD STR. SCHOOL HOUSE by GEORGE SANTAYANA EPITAPH: FOR MY GRANDMOTHER by COUNTEE CULLEN SEA-BIRDS by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN TRUST IN GOD by NORMAN MACLEOD (1812-1872) ODE ON THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON by ALFRED TENNYSON |
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