Friday, February 25, 2011

History (According to Roth)



Ungrateful animals, mankind;

Walking his rider's hearse behind,

Mourner-in-chief her horse appears,

But where are all her cavaliers?
(Poem by Menken)

Isaacs Menken:Great Muse to the Civil War Fighters

 
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