Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SPRING TO THE POORHOUSE, by BEULA CHAMBERLAIN First Line: Once when spring came these eyes were lifted up Last Line: Know only that she brings hot days, and flies. Subject(s): Kindness; Poorhouses; Spring; Youth; Workhouses | ||||||||
Once when Spring came these eyes were lifted up With youth to greet her youth, and promises To greet the budding mystery she bore. Now Spring trips in as radiant as before. "I sing the happiness of life," she cries; "Beauty and love and youth that never dies." One sullen head is raised, then drops. "She lies!" And all the others, nodding in a row, Know only that she brings hot days, and flies. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET WRITTEN IN A WORKHOUSE by THOMAS HOOD THE WORKHOUSE CLOCK; AN ALLEGORY by THOMAS HOOD AT AN ALMSHOUSE by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) THE WORKHOUSE BOY by ANONYMOUS BUT TODAY by BEULA CHAMBERLAIN CIVILIZED by BEULA CHAMBERLAIN I HAVE NOT KNOWN by BEULA CHAMBERLAIN I SAID THERE WERE NO FAIRIES by BEULA CHAMBERLAIN I SOMETIMES ENVY by BEULA CHAMBERLAIN |
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