Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SIDEWALK PHILOSOPHER, by BLANCHE SCHOFIELD



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SIDEWALK PHILOSOPHER, by                    
First Line: She did not hope to grace a royal ball
Last Line: Because she could not wear a coronet.
Subject(s): Apples; Dreams; Fruit; Philosophy & Philosophers; Nightmares


She did not hope to grace a royal ball
But sat, uncaring, in her sunny stall
And polished apples with a faded shawl;
Content to sell her wares for copper pence,
She kept alive no dream of opulence.

She breathed, instead, the lyric atmosphere
Of peace, from quiet year to quiet year;
With wrinkled fingers rubbed each satin sphere
Of simple autumn fruit, and did not fret
Because she could not wear a coronet.





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