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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MAN, by BERTON BRALEY Poet's Biography First Line: Weak and puny, small and frail Last Line: Made him master of the world! Subject(s): Fights; Men; Soldiers; Strength | |||
Weak and puny, small and frail, Helpless he with tooth or nail, In a world of fang and claw Where sheer power makes the law. Into battle he has gone With the shaggy mastodon, With the cruel beasts of prey Snarling in their lust to slay, Thirsting for the taste of blood; He has fought with fire and flood, With a heart and soul elate Warred with natureand with fate, Dauntless, fearless, bold of eye, Unafraid to fall and die, Man has battled countless odds Which would fright the very gods, But by virtue of his will Which no chill defeat could kill, And by strength of heart and soul He has striven to his goal; By sheer vigor of attack Beaten brute creation back And through countless conflicts hurled Made him Master of the World! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MAN SPLITTING WOOD IN THE DAYBREAK by GALWAY KINNELL RESENTMENT by RICHARD ALDINGTON I WILL NOT BE CLAIMED by MARVIN BELL FRESCOES FOR MR. ROCKEFELLER'S CITY: BACKGROUND WITH REVOLUTIONARIES by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH FRESCOES FOR MR. ROCKEFELLER'S CITY: BACKGROUND WITH REVOLUTIONARIES by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH HERE IS THE STRONG ONE, THE OTHER ONE' by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER HIS SPEED AND STRENGTH by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER |
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