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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PEACE; A STUDY, by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY Poet's Biography First Line: He stood, a worn-out city clerk Last Line: Forth from his breast, and read it through. Subject(s): Contentment | |||
HE stood, a worn-out City clerk -- Who'd toil'd, and seen no holiday, For forty years from dawn to dark -- Alone beside Caermarthen Bay. He felt the salt spray on his lips; Heard children's voices on the sands; Up the sun's path he saw the ships Sail on and on to other lands; And laugh'd aloud. Each sight and sound To him was joy too deep for tears; He sat him on the beach, and bound A blue bandana round his ears, And thought how, posted near his door, His own green door on Camden Hill, Two bands at least, most likely more, Were mingling at their own sweet will Verdi with Vance. And at the thought He laugh'd again, and softly drew That Morning Herald that he'd bought Forth from his breast, and read it through. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PARTHENOPHE: SONNET 66 by BARNABE BARNES I UNCOIL MYSELF AND LIE STRAIGHT OUT by DAVID IGNATOW WITHOUT RECRIMINATION by DAVID IGNATOW EVENTIDE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL by DORIANNE LAUX TO TWO UNKNOWN LADIES by AMY LOWELL HIC VIR, HIC EST' by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY |
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