Thursday, January 1, 2004

Death Of An Old Carriage Horse Comments

Rating: 2.9

I was a harness horse,
Constrained to travel weak or strong,
With orders from oppressing force,
Push along, push along.
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George Moses Horton
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Susan Williams 10 December 2015

I think this poem could have been made much more powerful by omitting the birds... I did like this stanza: Thus to my journey's end, Had I to travel right or wrong, 'Till death my sweet and favored friend, Bade me from life to push along.

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