CHANTS
FOR THE
BOER
By
JOAQUIN MILLER
“And whether on the scaffold high,
Or in the battle’s van,
The fittest place for man to die
Is where he dies for man.”
San Francisco
The Whitaker & Ray Company
(Incorporated)
1900
A collection of politically charged poems and addresses protesting an imperial military campaign and expressing solidarity with Boer farmers resisting foreign intervention. The pieces combine direct appeals and admonitions aimed at political leaders, moral critiques of expansionist policy, and vivid religious and classical imagery, while reflecting on national identity, the human cost of conflict, and the duties of conscience. Language ranges from elegiac and devotional to outraged and exhortatory.
By
JOAQUIN MILLER
“And whether on the scaffold high,
Or in the battle’s van,
The fittest place for man to die
Is where he dies for man.”
San Francisco
The Whitaker & Ray Company
(Incorporated)
1900