"I AM but clay," the sinner plead, Who fed each vain desire. "Not only clay," another said, "But worse, for thou art mire." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GAME OF CHESS by EZRA POUND ON BOARD THE '76; WRITTEN FOR BRYANT'S SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL ONE SHORT HOUR by RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH HE GIVES HIS BELOVED CERTAIN RHYMES by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS UNREALITY by MERCEDES DE ACOSTA THE BROWN GIANT by ALEXANDER ANDERSON |