# Sir Copp: A poem for the times, in six cantos

Author: Clarke, Thomas, active 1830-1872

Genre: Category: Poetry

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68671

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Sir+Copp%3A+A+poem+for+the+times%2C+in+six+cantos+Clarke&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Some orator hath lately said, (And mark the speech each Copperhead,) “Who martyrs out of rebels make, Themselves are worthy of the stake, And they shall have their full deserts, When Justice all her rights asserts.” I grant, the government was wrong, In giving color to a throng Of traitors so sublimely small,— (The merest insects after all,) Of raising martyrs from their ranks; For this it scarce deserves our thanks, Whilst bigger flies are left at large; The only answer to this charge That I can urge in its excuse, It turned the barnacles all loose, That bored the timbers of the ship, And caused them drop their murderous grip; And, like Ithuriel’s spear of yore, It touched the toadies to...

## Chapters

- [CANTO II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sir-copp-a-poem-for-the-times-in-six-cantos-68671/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CANTO VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sir-copp-a-poem-for-the-times-in-six-cantos-68671/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CANTO I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sir-copp-a-poem-for-the-times-in-six-cantos-68671/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CANTO IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sir-copp-a-poem-for-the-times-in-six-cantos-68671/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CANTO III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sir-copp-a-poem-for-the-times-in-six-cantos-68671/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CANTO V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sir-copp-a-poem-for-the-times-in-six-cantos-68671/chapters/5/index.md)