Famous Emancipation Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Emancipation poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous emancipation poems. These examples illustrate what a famous emancipation poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...mortal Rome,
As I might slay this child, if good need were,
Slew both his sons: and I, shall I, on whom
The secular emancipation turns
Of half this world, be swerved from right to save
A prince, a brother? a little will I yield.
Best so, perchance, for us, and well for you.
O hard, when love and duty clash! I fear
My conscience will not count me fleckless; yet--
Hear my conditions: promise (otherwise
You perish) as you came, to slip away
Today, tomorrow, s...Read more of this...
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Tennyson, Alfred Lord
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