Among the mountains I wandered and saw blue haze and
red crag and was amazed;
On the beach where the long push under the endless tide
maneuvers, I stood silent;
Under the stars on the prairie watching the Dipper slant
over the horizon's grass, I was full of thoughts.
Great men, pageants of war and labor, soldiers and workers,
mothers lifting their children-these all I
touched, and felt the solemn thrill of them.
And then one day I got a true look at the Poor, millions
of the Poor, patient and toiling; more patient than
crags, tides, and stars; innumerable, patient as the
darkness of night-and all broken, humble ruins of nations.
Masses
Carl Sandburg
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Poem topics: beach, children, night, red, war, blue, grass, long, great, silent, humble, broken, true, horizon, endless, Valentine's Day, poor, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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