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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM ON MISS DAVIES; LINES WRITTEN ON A WINDOW AT MOFFAT INN, by ROBERT BURNS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ask why god made the gem so small Last Line: That higher value on it. Subject(s): Size & Shape; Height | |||
Ask why God made the gem so small? And why so huge the granite? -- Because God meant mankind should set That higher value on it. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: JUDGE SELAH LIVELY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS ON SIM AND SIMON by CHARLES COTTON GIANTS by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES UPON T.R., A VERY LITTLE MAN, BUT EXCELLENTLY LEARNED by JOHN HALL (1627-1656) LITTLE AND LOUD by ROBERT HERRICK SHORT AND LONG BOTH LIKES by ROBERT HERRICK BIG DOG, LITTLE DOG by WYATT PRUNTY A BARD'S EPITAPH by ROBERT BURNS A POET'S WELCOME TO HIS LOVE-BEGOTTEN DAUGHTER by ROBERT BURNS |
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