POVERTY is always pathetic! I passed the house of a certain poor man And looking through the window I saw Persian rugs, crystal chandeliers, a mahogany talking machine, Cut-glass bonbon dish, pearl-inlaid tables, porcelain bric-a-brac, Platinum ash trays, silver toothpick vase, morocco bound telephone directory, Gold-plated peanut sheller, electric Pomeranian dogwasher, And not a single book. Is there no charitable organization To help this poor pauper? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BETRAND AND GOURGAUD TALK OVER OLD TIMES by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE COUNTESS CATHLEEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS WHERE THE PICNIC WAS by THOMAS HARDY DEWEY AT MANILA [MAY 1, 1898] by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRS by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE SPINNING-WHEEL [SONG] by JOHN FRANCIS WALLER POSSESSED by RUTH FITCH BARTLETT |