Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AS ONE INVULNERABLE, by JESSICA NELSON NORTH Poet's Biography First Line: I knew a man who met to-morrow Last Line: Whistled the sharp, offensive blade. Alternate Author Name(s): Macdonald, Reed I., Mrs. Subject(s): Indifference | ||||||||
I knew a man who met to-morrow With hard, indifferent repose -- Buttoned his coat about his sorrow And walked unarmed among his foes. (For foes he has and foes a-plenty Who will not lay his wound apart, And show the world for five and twenty The crucifixion of his heart.) He stood at his deserted window And would not set a candle there; With dagger-pointed innuendo The cheated public paused to stare, Or boldly thrusting, fled affrighted Lest they do battle with a shade, When through his sinews, unrequited, Whistled the sharp, offensive blade. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE STATE OF THE NATION by KENNETH PATCHEN GREEN AWNINGS by BARBARA GUEST EPIGRAM: TO FOOL, OR KNAVE by BEN JONSON INDIFFERENCE by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY AGAINST INDIFFERENCE by CHARLES WEBBE THE MISSING ALL PREVENTED ME by EMILY DICKINSON FLOS LUNAE by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON A YOUNG BOY; THE DECISION by JESSICA NELSON NORTH |
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