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

The Game of Tyrants

Brougham, John. "The Game of Tyrants." New York Saturday Press. (1859-5-21).
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

A poem personifying things such as Death, War, and Ambition as a fight breaks out upon a battlefield. The speaker curses the fact that these lawless, bloody infractions help elevate men into fame.

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