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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PROPHET, by LOUIS MERTINS First Line: In bedlam thirty years he stayed Last Line: Flew half the world to bury him. | |||
In Bedlam thirty years he stayed, And died at last and unfraid. In Bedlam thirty years, they tell Because he said, (pray, note it well!) That men some day would fly like birds. The jury marked his solemn words. "They'll fly like birds," he said, wherefore, A padded cell, an iron-barred door... He died last week and his son Jim Flew half the world to bury him. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHANGELESSNESS by LOUIS MERTINS THE AUDACIOUS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DYING SPEECH OF AN OLD PHILOSOPHER by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR IN APIA BAY by CHARLES GEORGE DOUGLAS ROBERTS FOR SPRING, BY SANDRO BOTTICELLI by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI BROWN OF OSSAWATOMIE [DECEMBER 2, 1859] by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER DELIA. AN ELEGY by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD DUTY by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 15 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |
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