Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PORTRAIT OF AN HISTORIAN, by EDWARD NAGLE


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PORTRAIT OF AN HISTORIAN, by                    
First Line: A grin; / two rows of omnivorous decayed teeth
Last Line: And two rows of omnivorous teeth.
Subject(s): History; Historians


A grin;
Two rows of omnivorous decayed teeth;
Spectacles encircling unmated leathern ears;
Tufts of dusty hair sprouting
From an overlarge babe's head
Fastened to a pygmy body
By a string.
Bloodless fingers that pinch the leaden microscope
Held over bleeding hearts
Of men;
Cackles, subterranean,
At the feverish world
That lies within the passive eyes;
Again a grin
And two rows of omnivorous teeth.





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