He saw the townlands and learned the minds of many distant men, and weathered many bitter nights and days in his deep heart at sea, while he fought only to save his life, to bring his shipmates home. but not by will nor valor could he save them, for their own recklessness destroyed them all— children and fools, they killed and feasted on the cattle of lord helios, the sun, and he who moves all day through heaven took from their eyes the dawn of their return. of these adventures, muse, daughter of zeus, tell us in our time, lift the great song again.

Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. though connor was commissioner of public safety, blacks knew that it wasn't their health and safety he intended to protect. and he certainly didn't put out their fires. between the late 1940s and early 1960s, more than fifty black homes and churches in birmingham were bombed. one neighborhood was hit so often, it was called "dynamite hill." no one was ever prosecuted, even when the police could identify the bombers. what is the tone of the excerpt? inquisitive sentimental apologetic scornful