Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CUBA TO COLUMBIA [APRIL, 1896], by WILLIAM MCKENDREE CARLETON Poet's Biography First Line: A voice went over the waters Last Line: Should come my lafayette! Alternate Author Name(s): Carleton, Will Subject(s): Cuba - Rebellions Against Spanish Rule | ||||||||
A VOICE went over the waters -- A stormy edge of the sea -- Fairest of Freedom's daughters, Have you no help for me? Do you not hear the rusty chain Clanking about my feet? Have you not seen my children slain, Whether in cell or street? Oh, if you were sad as I, And I as you were strong, You would not have to call or cry -- You would not suffer long! Patience?" -- have I not learned it, Under the crushing years? Freedom -- have I not earned it, Toiling with blood and tears? "Not of you?" -- my banners wave Not on Egyptian shore, Or by Armenia's mammoth grave -- But at your very door! Oh, if you were needy as I, And I as you were strong, You should not suffer, bleed, and die Under the hoofs of wrong! Is it that you have never Felt the oppressor's hand, Fighting, with fond endeavor, To cling to your own sweet land? Were you not half dismayed, There in the century's night, Till to your view a sister's aid Came, like a flash of light? Oh, what gift could ever be grand Enough to pay the debt, If out of the starry Western land, Should come my Lafayette! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GALLANT FIFTY-ONE by HENRY LYNDEN FLASH APOSTROPHE TO THE ISLAND OF CUBA by JAMES GATES PERCIVAL GOMEZ TO BLANCO by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR CUBA by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN CUBA CONFRONTATION by JOHN PEPPER CLARK CALLE DE LA AMARGURA by PABLO MEDINA OUT OF THE OLD HOUSE, NANCY by WILLIAM MCKENDREE CARLETON OVER THE HILL TO THE POOR-HOUSE by WILLIAM MCKENDREE CARLETON THE LITTLE BLACK-EYED REBEL by WILLIAM MCKENDREE CARLETON |
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