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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COMMON SENSE, by JAMES THOMAS FIELDS Poet's Biography First Line: She came among the gathering crowd Last Line: "with cheerful hearts and smiling faces." | |||
SHE came among the gathering crowd, A maiden fair, without pretence, And when they asked her humble name, She whispered mildly, "Common Sense." Her modest garb drew every eye, Her ample cloak, her shoes of leather; And, when they sneered, she simply said, "I dress according to the weather." They argued long, and reasoned loud, In dubious Hindoo phrase mysterious, While she, poor child, could not divine Why girls so young should be so serious. They knew the length of Plato's beard, And how the scholars wrote in Saturn; She studied authors not so deep, And took the Bible for her pattern. And so she said, "Excuse me, friends, I find all have their proper places, And Common Sense should stay at home With cheerful hearts and smiling faces." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DIRGE FOR A YOUNG GIRL by JAMES THOMAS FIELDS JUPITER AND TEN by JAMES THOMAS FIELDS MABEL, IN NEW HAMPSHIRE by JAMES THOMAS FIELDS SACO FALLS by JAMES THOMAS FIELDS THE NANTUCKET SKIPPER by JAMES THOMAS FIELDS THE STARS AND STRIPES by JAMES THOMAS FIELDS THE TEMPEST by JAMES THOMAS FIELDS THE TURTLE AND THE FLAMINGO by JAMES THOMAS FIELDS WORDSWORTH by JAMES THOMAS FIELDS JOY (2) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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