Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COUNTERBLAST ON PENNY TRUMPET, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If mr. Bright retiring does not please Last Line: As others see us! Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Bright, John (1811-1889); Forgiveness; Gladstone, William Ewart (1809-1898); Law & Lawyers; Clemency | ||||||||
If Mr. Bright retiring does not please And Mr. Gladstone staying gives offence, What can man do which is not one of these? Use your own common sense. Yet he's brave man who abjures his cause For conscience' sake: let byegones be byegones: Not this among the makers of our laws The least & and last of Johns. If all our byegones could be piled on shelves High out of reach of penny-line Tyrtaeus! If only all of us could see ourselves As others see us! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FORGIVING MY FATHER by LUCILLE CLIFTON WHAT WE CARRY; FOR DONALD by DORIANNE LAUX THE MAN WITH THE HOE OUTWITTED by EDWIN MARKHAM SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ELMER BARR by EDGAR LEE MASTERS LEAVING CHURCH EARLY by JOHN UPDIKE IT IS FINISHED' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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