Ode On the Centenary of Abraham Lincoln
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While dumb artillery And guards battalioned the black lonely form. He took his oath. We are not enemies, but friends ! Yet scarce the sad rogation ends [28] Ere the warped planks of Union split in storm Of dark secession.
Then, as on a raft Flood-rended, where by night the Ohio sweeps Into the Mississippi, 'mid the roil Of roaring waters with eroded soil From hills primeval, the strong poleman keeps Silence, midway the shallows and the rocks. To steer his shipment safe, while fore and aft The s...crambling logmen scream at him, or scold With prayers and malisons, or burst the locks [29] And loot the precious bales, so — deaf and mute To sneers and imprecations both — The lone Flatboatman of the Union poled His country's wreck midstream, and resolute Held still his goal : To lash his ballast to the sundered half, And save the whole.
'"They seek a sign.
But no sign shall be given them/* he said ; And reaching Godward, with his pilot's gaff [30] Probed in the dark, among the drowning and the dead, And sunk his plummet line Deep in the people's heart, where still his own heart bled, And fathomed there the inundated shore Swept by the flood and storm of elemental war.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
While dumb artillery And guards battalioned the black lonely form. He took his oath. We are not enemies, but friends ! Yet scarce the sad rogation ends [28] Ere the warped planks of Union split in storm Of dark secession.
Then, as on a raft Flood-rended, where by night the Ohio sweeps Into the Mississippi, 'mid the roil Of roaring waters with eroded soil From hills primeval, the strong poleman keeps Silence, midway the shallows and the rocks. To steer his shipment safe, while fore and aft The s...crambling logmen scream at him, or scold With prayers and malisons, or burst the locks [29] And loot the precious bales, so — deaf and mute To sneers and imprecations both — The lone Flatboatman of the Union poled His country's wreck midstream, and resolute Held still his goal : To lash his ballast to the sundered half, And save the whole.
'"They seek a sign.
But no sign shall be given them/* he said ; And reaching Godward, with his pilot's gaff [30] Probed in the dark, among the drowning and the dead, And sunk his plummet line Deep in the people's heart, where still his own heart bled, And fathomed there the inundated shore Swept by the flood and storm of elemental war.
What to read after Ode On the Centenary of Abraham Lincoln?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Mackaye, Percy, 1875-1956 to read onlineMoreLess
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