Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MADONNA OF THE MARKETPLACE, by ETHEL TONRY CARPENTER First Line: Sweet lavender - pray who will buy?' Last Line: Madonna of the marketplace. Subject(s): Markets; Peasantry; Supermarkets | ||||||||
"Sweet lavenderpray who will buy?" The rush of humans hurry on Though none but hears that troubled sigh With sorrow's imprint thereupon. Poor little Virgin! None now heeds Your tragic eyes' appeal for aid, No beggar's blessing do they seek (Yet incense at your shrine is laid). You are an outcast as of old These fools know not your holy face, Ah, human hearts are hard and cold! Madonna of the Marketplace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SUPERMARKET IN TEXAS by MICHAEL BLUMENTHAL THE A & P by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT SELLING SPIEL ON MAXWELL STREET by CARL SANDBURG BLACK IS THE COLOR OF MY TRUE LOVE'S HAIR by REGINALD SHEPHERD TONE PICTURE (MALIPIERO: IMPRESSONI DAL VERO) by JEAN STARR UNTERMEYER A SUPERMARKET IN CALIFORNIA by ALLEN GINSBERG TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. A TRADE by EDWARD CARPENTER A GHETTO CATCH by LELAND DAVIS IN THE LITTLE OLD MARKET-PLACE (TO THE MEMORY OF A.V.) by FORD MADOX FORD BEETHOVEN by ETHEL TONRY CARPENTER |
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