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, May 21, 1859, 2.
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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