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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
POET FLAYS TEMPTATIONS OF CITY LIFE, by MORRIS GILBERT BISHOP Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, abominable city! Last Line: -- but at times I wonder how they found it. Subject(s): Cities; Urban Life | |||
Oh, abominable city! Home of Babylonic revels! Luring lights that know not pity! Fascinating female devils! Fell Temptation is a despot And his court assembles there In the Wicked City -- Yes, but Where? I am proof against Temptation, I am clad in shining armour, I would spurn the fascination Of a fair but hellish charmer; From her wiles I am exempted; Still, it's strange as it can be That no one yet has tempted Me. Oh, abominable city! Laughing Siren of seduction! Those unhappy men I pity Whom you tempted to destruction; Your temptation won them; now they Cluster helplessly around it; -- But at times I wonder how they Found it. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THINGS (FOR AN INDIAN) TO DO IN NEW YORK (CITY) by SHERMAN ALEXIE THE CITY REVISITED by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: ENTERING THE CITY WITH BLISS-BESTOWING HANDS by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE CITY OF THE OLESHA FRUIT by NORMAN DUBIE DISCOVERING THE PHOTOGRAPH OF LLOYD, EARL, AND PRISCILLA by LYNN EMANUEL |
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