Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A RHYME OUT OF MOTLEY, by AMY LOWELL



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First Line: I grasped a thread of silver; it cut me to the bone
Subject(s): Ambition


I grasped a thread of silver; it cut me to the bone -
I reached for an apple; it was bleak as a stone -
I reached for a heart, and touched a raw blade -
And this was the bargain God had made
For a little gift of speech
Set a cubit higher than the common reach,
A debt running on until the fool is dead. "

Carve a Pater Noster to put at his head
As a curse or a prayer,
And leave him there.





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