Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PAR, by CLIFTON E. BLAKE First Line: I took my sin to market Last Line: They trembled when I passed. | ||||||||
I took my sin to market And led it through the town; The people flocked about me, And didn't even frown: They paid me money down. I took my love to market And cried it on the square; The people came to see it And called it pretty ware: They bade me keep it there. I took my soul to market. The people stood aghast; They ran into their houses And locked the shutters fast: They trembled when I passed. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DANTE by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT TO A MOUSE, ON TURNING HER UP IN HER NEST WITH THE PLOUGH by ROBERT BURNS ACCORDING TO THE MIGHTY WORKING by THOMAS HARDY SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: RUTHERFORD MCDOWELL by EDGAR LEE MASTERS VALENTINES TO MY MOTHER: 1885 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE AGE OF WISDOM by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY DEAD MEN, TO A METAPHYSICIAN by WILLIAM HERVEY ALLEN JR. |
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