Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, POISON, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES



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First Line: When this strange world speaks ill of me
Last Line: Till every tongue grows sweet and kind.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Evil; Ill-tempered


When this strange world speaks ill of me,
With tongues of poison, and unkind –
What can I do but seek the poor,
And leave my silver mark behind?

When I, a silent stranger, make
Them wonder if Christ comes again –
Have I not found a shilling cure,
When suffering from a poisoned brain?

One silver shilling, white and clean,
Left with a poor man, old or blind –
And here I stand, all poison-proof,
Till every tongue grows sweet and kind.





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