Richard Realf
American poet (1832-1878)
Richard Realf (14 June 1834 – 28 October 1878) was a British-born poet who lived in many places throughout the United States, and whose work was informed by these travels.
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Quotes
edit- His eyes
All radiant with glad surprise,
Looked forward through the Centuries
And saw the seeds which sages cast
In the world’s soil in cycles past
Spring up and blossom at the last;
Saw how the souls of men had grown,
And where the scythes of Truth had mown
Clear space for Liberty’s white throne;
Saw how, by sorrow tried and proved,
The blackening stains had been removed
Forever from the land he loved;
Saw Treason crushed and Freedom crowned,
And clamorous Faction, gagged and bound,
Gasping its life out on the ground.- Apocalypse.
