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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BAYARD-UP-TO-DATE, by D. SANIAL GILL First Line: Defeat!...And how shall I lift this heel Last Line: Inflaming the mass that would hold it dead! | |||
Defeat!... and how shall I lift this heel From the burning heart of these things I feel! -- No -- felt till now that they lie as dead Beneath the heft of this heel of lead. Defeat? the heft of this leaden heel? Watch out! the fire of these things I feel Is the current against resistance ahead Inflaming the mass that would hold it dead! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GAUGE OF THE GREAT (TO MADAME CURIE) by D. SANIAL GILL STEAL NOT THE DREAM! by D. SANIAL GILL GOOD-BYE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON AUTUMN DIALOGUE by LOUIS UNTERMEYER NEEDLE THREADER IN NEED OF A NEEDLE by DARA WIER TREES by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THE CLOTE (WATER-LILY) by WILLIAM BARNES ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 74 by PHILIP SIDNEY SIR LANCELOT AND QUEEN GUINEVERE by ALFRED TENNYSON ARMY CORRESPONDENT'S LAST RIDE; FIVE FORKS, APRIL 1, 1865 by GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND |
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