Bret Harte's poem is pretty appalling. Actually there seems to be a disturbingly large "legacy" of verse out there that is rooted in racism and jingoistic attitudes-- mostly out of the late 19th/early 20th century (clearly a very different time from ours, sociologically speaking-- and infused with very different sensibilities). I think, though, that this may not be the place to post bunches of them, for pretty obvious reasons.
Incidentally, I want to apologize to one and all for my being so scarce lately; I've been up in the north woods at a place called Bjorklunden (Lawrence University's Seminar Center) teaching METER to a great group of people who actually wanted to learn it!
But it's good to be back, to read all your interesting posts--
Marilyn
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