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Poem
February 8, 1909
Coeur D'alene Evening Press
Coeur D'alene, Kootenai County, Idaho
What is this article about?
A satirical poem from the Emporia Gazette calling for an end to political strife and noise, featuring pseudonymous contributors like More Anon and Vox Populi, urging a shift to a higher life.
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Political Poem.
The fight is drawing to its close.
The noise will soon be gone.
There but remains the last appeal that's due
from More Anon, a few brief words
from You Know Who as friend speaks
unto friend. Justitia throws a final fit,
and then we have the end. A "Note
of Warning" there may be from Old
Subscriber's pen, and Constant Reader
may emerge one moment from his den.
Vox Populi may raise a wail
that pierces heaven's vault, insisting
that the time has come when we
should call a halt, and One Who
Knows may yet, perchance, his stormy
voice uplift and ask of all the universe,
"Ah, whither do we drift?"
But all the fighting has been done.
There is no longer strife. So let us
cut out politics and lead the higher
life.
-Emporia (Kan.) Gazette.
The fight is drawing to its close.
The noise will soon be gone.
There but remains the last appeal that's due
from More Anon, a few brief words
from You Know Who as friend speaks
unto friend. Justitia throws a final fit,
and then we have the end. A "Note
of Warning" there may be from Old
Subscriber's pen, and Constant Reader
may emerge one moment from his den.
Vox Populi may raise a wail
that pierces heaven's vault, insisting
that the time has come when we
should call a halt, and One Who
Knows may yet, perchance, his stormy
voice uplift and ask of all the universe,
"Ah, whither do we drift?"
But all the fighting has been done.
There is no longer strife. So let us
cut out politics and lead the higher
life.
-Emporia (Kan.) Gazette.
What sub-type of article is it?
Satire
Epigram
What themes does it cover?
Political
Satire Society
What keywords are associated?
Political Satire
End Strife
Vox Populi
Higher Life
Justitia
What entities or persons were involved?
Emporia (Kan.) Gazette
Poem Details
Title
Political Poem.
Author
Emporia (Kan.) Gazette
Subject
Ending Political Strife
Form / Style
Rhymed Verse
Key Lines
So Let Us Cut Out Politics And Lead The Higher Life.
Vox Populi May Raise A Wail That Pierces Heaven's Vault,
"Ah, Whither Do We Drift?"
Justitia Throws A Final Fit, And Then We Have The End.