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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A PROHIBITIONIST POEM, by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Though shakespeare's mermaid, ocean's mightiest Last Line: But water on the brain. Alternate Author Name(s): Chesterton, G. K. Subject(s): Temperance; Prohibition | |||
Though Shakespeare's Mermaid, ocean's mightiest daughter, With vintage could the seas incarnadine: And Keats's name that was not writ in water Was often writ in wine; Though wine that seeks the loftiest habitation Went to the heads of Villon and Verlaine, Yet Hiram Hopper needs no inspiration But water on the brain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE FOR A SOCIAL MEETING, WITH SLIGHT ALTERATIONS BY A TEETOTALER by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES TEMPER by CLARA EXLINE BOCKOVEN A TRUCKER DRIVES THROUGH HIS LOST YOUTH by DAVID BOTTOMS THE FIGHTING WORD by BERTON BRALEY THE METHOD OF THE MAD MULLAH by BERTON BRALEY A MAIDEN'S DREAM by ROBERT GREENE OUR PROGRAM by ARTHUR GUITERMAN A CRACK AT THE LAW by ADRIAN HALE A BALLADE OF SUICIDE by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON |
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