Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BROKEN BANJO, by WARREN FENNO GREGORY


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THE BROKEN BANJO, by                    
First Line: Voiceless lies the broken banjo
Last Line: Past recalling, e'en as thou!
Subject(s): Banjos; Musical Instruments


VOICELESS lies the broken banjo,
Breathes its tuneful soul no more;
Gone are all the days it sang of,
Gone are all the boys who swore,

When the banjo, loudly thrummed on,
Roused them from their night's repose,
That the wretch who thus annoyed them
Should be numbered 'mong their foes.

O thou past-recalling banjo!
Would I might see, even now,
Other night-disturbing banjos
Past recalling, e'en as thou!





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