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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BETRAYAL FOR ISCARIOT, by HARRY WILLIAM NELSON First Line: They say I walked Last Line: Upon me trod? | |||
They say I walked As in a dream. As in a dream They say I talked. How came that purse Within my hand? Within my hand How came that curse? Why, when I ate The broken bread, Did the broken bread Fill me with hate? What devil's tryst Came to my heart, And through my heart Flung up the Christ? Why came His God Within the night And in the night Upon me trod? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOURTH NIGHT by HARRY WILLIAM NELSON REWARD by HARRY WILLIAM NELSON A MINOR POET by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET THE ECHOING GREEN, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE THE LITTLE GIRL FOUND, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE THE GLOVE AND THE LIONS by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT THE BRIDGE by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW TWO POEMS TO HANS THOMA ON HIS SIXIETH BIRTHDAY: 2. THE KNIGHT by RAINER MARIA RILKE |
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