History & Politics
Full Cycle
From Poems of American History (1908)
History & Politics
Spain drew us proudly from the womb of night,
A lusty man-child of the Western wave,--
Who now, full-grown, smites the old midwife down,
And thrusts her deep in a dishonored grave.
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Chadwick, John White. “Full Cycle.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/chadwick_jw/1/.
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Chadwick, John White. “Full Cycle.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/chadwick_jw/1/.
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