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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEN MILAM, by WILLIAM H. WHARTON First Line: Oft shall the soldier think of thee Last Line: Linked with undying liberty! Subject(s): Milam, Benjamin Rush (1788-1835); Texas Revolution (1835-1836) | |||
OFT shall the soldier think of thee, Thou dauntless leader of the brave, Who on the heights of Tyranny Won Freedom and a glorious grave. And o'er thy tomb shall pilgrims weep, And pray to heaven in murmurs low That peaceful be the hero's sleep Who conquered San Antonio. Enshrined on Honor's deathless scroll, A nation's thanks will tell thy fame; Long as her beauteous rivers roll Shall Freedom's votaries hymn thy name. For bravest of the Texan clime, Who fought to make her children free, Was Milam, and his death sublime Linked with undying Liberty! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FIGHT AT SAN JACINTO [APRIL 21, 1836] by JOHN WILLIAMSON PALMER SONG OF TEXAS by WILLIAM HENRY CUYLER HOSMER CARMELITA by MIRABEAU BONAPARTE LAMAR THE MEN OF THE ALAMO by JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE THE VALOR OF BEN MILAM by CLINTON SCOLLARD CHAMBER MUSIC: 13 by JAMES JOYCE AN INDIGNATION DINNER by JAMES DAVID CORROTHERS SLEEP AT SEA by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI FROM A YOUNG WOMAN TO AN OLD OFFICER WHO COURTED HER by ELIZABETH FRANCES AMHERST REALISM by ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON |
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