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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: JUDGE SELAH LIVELY, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Suppose you stood just five feet two Last Line: That I made it hard for them? Subject(s): Size & Shape; Height | |||
SUPPOSE you stood just five feet two, And had worked your way as a grocery clerk, Studying law by candle light Until you became an attorney at law? And then suppose through your diligence, And regular church attendance, You became attorney for Thomas Rhodes, Collecting notes and mortgages, And representing all the widows In the Probate Court? And through it all They jeered at your size, and laughed at your clothes And your polished boots? And then suppose You became the County Judge? And Jefferson Howard and Kinsey Keene, And Harmon Whitney, and all the giants Who had sneered at you, were forced to stand Before the bar and say "Your Honor" -- Well, don't you think it was natural That I made it hard for them? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPIGRAM ON MISS DAVIES; LINES WRITTEN ON A WINDOW AT MOFFAT INN by ROBERT BURNS ON SIM AND SIMON by CHARLES COTTON GIANTS by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES UPON T.R., A VERY LITTLE MAN, BUT EXCELLENTLY LEARNED by JOHN HALL (1627-1656) LITTLE AND LOUD by ROBERT HERRICK SHORT AND LONG BOTH LIKES by ROBERT HERRICK BIG DOG, LITTLE DOG by WYATT PRUNTY SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ALEXANDER THROCKMORTON by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |
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