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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GOOD PROVIDER'S WIFE, by JULIA CLAY BARRON WEBB
First Line: With all my worldly goods I thee endow'
Last Line: A wistful beggar, waiting for a crumb.
Subject(s): Hunger
First Line: With all my worldly goods I thee endow'
Last Line: A wistful beggar, waiting for a crumb.
Subject(s): Hunger
"With all my worldly goods I thee endow,"
He stood with her one purpling dusk and said,
And from that glamoured hour until now
She has not wanted raiment, roof and bread.
But Fate could not have destined her to face
More devastating poverty than this:
Deep hunger for his unbestowed embrace,
The chill of his perfunctory, cool kiss.
Sometimes, though long unbidden, come to her
Dreams of an ardent Prince of Ne'er-do-Wells,
With outheld arms, whose whisper once could stir
Her thoughts to cadences like chiming bells.
But some strong fiber in her warp and woof
By loyal, brave foremothers woven fast,
Holds her beneath the staid, Remote One's roof,
Intent to warm and win his heart at last.
She sits outside its gateway, proudly dumb,
A wistful beggar, waiting for a crumb.
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