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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WALL, by ISIDOR SCHNEIDER
First Line: Oh, stately though we walk
Last Line: Immediate on the wall.
Subject(s): Relationships; Walls
First Line: Oh, stately though we walk
Last Line: Immediate on the wall.
Subject(s): Relationships; Walls
I
Oh, stately though we walk
our flippant shadows break
on walls our dignities.
II
Nor are there walls so vast
or squinted so convex
as are our neighbors' eyes
that build upon our sight.
Then your all gentle grace
and I who am not more
gross statured than the rest
dare never kiss but see
our vast disfigures cast
immediate on the wall.
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