An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Prize-Fight

O'Brien, Fitz-James. "The Prize-Fight." New York Saturday Press, October 11, 1859, 1.
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

A boxing match is set amidst a peaceful community surrounded by nature's beauty. Two "lusty and tall" youths without malice toward one another are egged on by a “bestial crowd” of ruffians. They fight until their faces are but "illegible masses of flesh."

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