Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, POVERTY, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY


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First Line: Poverty is always pathetic!
Last Line: To help this poor pauper?
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Poverty


POVERTY is always pathetic!
I passed the house of a certain poor man
And looking through the window I saw
Persian rugs, crystal chandeliers, a mahogany talking machine,
Cut-glass bonbon dish, pearl-inlaid tables, porcelain bric-a-brac,
Platinum ash trays, silver toothpick vase, morocco bound telephone directory,
Gold-plated peanut sheller, electric Pomeranian dogwasher,
And not a single book.
Is there no charitable organization
To help this poor pauper?





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