The Vault at Pfaff's

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

A Psalm of Life

Broadfellow. "A Psalm of Life." Saturday Press, October 23, 1858, 4.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

The speaker of the poem advises the reader to “be after hatching”: the tenacity of the baby chicken hatching from its egg should serve as an example for overcoming life’s barriers.