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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BROTHER JUNIPER, by RICHARD HARRY HART First Line: Clown juniper who stole the altar lace Last Line: Who could put out a hand, and find truth near? | |||
Clown Juniper who stole the altar lace To fashion cuffs and collars for the seedy, Bursting at noon upon the kitchen crew, Splitting your sides at Brother cook's long face, Bearing the stew into the market place To ladle out hot mutton to the faint and greedy, Stifling your own deep belly's cry for meat; When you had stripped your frock to warm the needy And Adam-naked scandalized the street, Wrapped in a crimson cloak of warm new blood A tide of laughter bore you on its flood. Truth walked before you, with you broke his bread, Lay down beside your snoring bulk, beside you woke, Drew out the thorn that irked your sole, and spoke Gay words that pierced and filled your simple head. For what concern had you with doubt or fear, Who could put out a hand, and find Truth near? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HOLY INNOCENTS by RICHARD HARRY HART THE MILL by RICHARD HARRY HART A PECK OF GOLD by ROBERT FROST A FORGOTTEN TUNE by PAUL VERLAINE TO MARK ANTHONY IN HEAVEN by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS EVENING (1) by EMILY DICKINSON HYMNS OF THE MARSHES: THE MARSHES OF GLYNN by SIDNEY LANIER WINDOW TRIMMER by MARGARET LEE ASHLEY FATHERHOOD by HENRY CHARLES BEECHING THE HILLS OF OLD VERMONT by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY BOTHWELL CASTLE by WILLIAM CAMERON TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. YORK MINISTER by EDWARD CARPENTER |
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