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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHAT HE PROFESSES, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: I know a professor of greek and of latin Last Line: While the classics he merely -- professes! Subject(s): Teaching & Teachers | |||
I know a professor of Greek and of Latin; His nouns and his verbs he is not at all pat in, But he knows how to wield the plane, hammer, and saw, He knows how to paint, how to etch and to draw, How to decorate dishes and satin. He can play on the flute and the violoncello, He raises fine fruit, large and juicy and mellow, He will write you a sonnet, an ode, or a play, He will sing you a song in an elegant way; He's a very versatile fellow. But I know a shrewd student whose impudent guess is, (To account for the way the professor digresses From his Latin and Greek, art and farming unto), That these are the things the professor can do, While the classics he merely -- professes! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CORRESPONDENCE-SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR SAYS GOODBYE TO HIS POETRY STUDENTS by GALWAY KINNELL GRATITUDE TO OLD TEACHERS by ROBERT BLY TWO RAMAGES FOR OLD MASTERS by ROBERT BLY OEDIPUS TYRANNUS by JOHN CIARDI ON FLUNKING A NICE BOY OUT OF SCHOOL by JOHN CIARDI HER MONOLOGUE OF DARK CREPE WITH EDGES OF LIGHT by NORMAN DUBIE OF POLITICS, & ART by NORMAN DUBIE A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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