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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DUTY, by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Fool, do not beat the air
Last Line: A thread of song.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
First Line: Fool, do not beat the air
Last Line: A thread of song.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Fool, do not beat the air
With miserable hands --
The wrong is done, the seed is sown,
The evil stands.
Your duty is to draw
Out of the web of wrong,
Out of ill-woven deeds,
A thread of song.
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