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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PLEA FOR FICKLENESS, by HARLAN J. LEACH First Line: Chatter and chirrup all you're able Last Line: Or linger a time beneath my rug. | |||
Chatter and chirrup all you're able, Flood this lonely field with song. Pay no heed to the Frenchman's fable -- Ants will remain where they belong: Ants will toil their year-long grind; Theirs is a dullard's compensation. Yours is an art that frees the mind, Lulls the senses to sublimation. Chatter and chirrup -- grief comes after. "Be merry," then the final shrug. But welcome! first, to my stove-warm rafter, Or linger a time beneath my rug. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VILLAGE RAILROAD by HARLAN J. LEACH THE FORERUNNERS by GEORGE HERBERT A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 8 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN SEVEN TIMES TWO [ - ROMANCE] by JEAN INGELOW THE FROGS: A 'EURIPIDEAN' CHORUS by ARISTOPHANES EPIGRAM by DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS THE HAPPY LOVER by PHILIP AYRES HEIRS OF TWILIGHT by HELENE M. BUTEAU |
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