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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
O PITY OUR SMALL SIZE, by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM
First Line: O little mouse, so frightened of each sound
Last Line: We are so weak. O pity our small size.
Subject(s): Mice; Size And Shape
First Line: O little mouse, so frightened of each sound
Last Line: We are so weak. O pity our small size.
Subject(s): Mice; Size And Shape
O little mouse, so frightened of each sound,
Each human voice, each stir along the ground;
Ants, tiny ants with that wee spark in you
That can be quenched by any careless shoe;
Rabbits that leap and hide yourselves in grasses
With panic in your breasts until man passes.
Man fears as you; we run into a house
When cyclones roar, as any dreading mouse.
When earthquakes come and press us with their feet,
We are like ants who can't oppose, entreat;
And we may leap as rabbits for a cover,
But Death with all his dogs will nearby hover.
You have known fear, small things, to make you wise.
We are so weak. O pity our small size.
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