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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM ON THE POOR OF BOSTON EMPLOYED ... PAVING STREETS, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: "in spite of rice, in spite of wheat"
Last Line: "they cry for bread; the mighty ones / instead of bread, give only stones"
Subject(s): Boston;u.s. - Colonial Period
First Line: "in spite of rice, in spite of wheat"
Last Line: "they cry for bread; the mighty ones / instead of bread, give only stones"
Subject(s): Boston;u.s. - Colonial Period
IN spite of Rice, in spite of Wheat,
Sent for the Boston Poor -- to eat:
In spite of Brandy, one would think,
Sent for the Boston Poor -- to drink:
Poor are the Boston Poor, indeed,
And needy, tho' there is no Need:
They cry for Bread; the mighty Ones
Instead of Bread, give only Stones.
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