A Boston Ballad, 1854 Comments
TO get betimes in Boston town, I rose this morning early;
Here's a good place at the corner--I must stand and see the show.
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A fog follows- antiques of the same come limping, Some appear wooden-legged, and some appear bandaged and bloodless in the FOG some appear some disappear but thy heart above near great 10+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
............a most interesting Ballad with great dialogue of the time period ★
As I read Whitman here, I believe his gives us a poet's lament...what a mess we have become. A patriotic celebration, grand enough for the dead heroes of past to return. yet these heroes are not happy. Their protest is mighty. And so Whitman brushes them away. Nothing is to spoil this patriotic, Boston celebration. But then the poet gives away his real intent...the real rye twist of his interest. This celebration would only be complete by making ol' King George the centerpiece; To give the King his revenge. How? By observing what we have become. Could his tyranny have done worse?
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7/29/2025 1:26:13 AM # 1.0.0
Very sad poem of lament, but powerfully worded and worthy in his time, dated 1854, entire different era, but the beauty and lament do not differ than at present.5 Stars full