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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
I CAN'T ABEAR, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I can't abear a butcher
Last Line: That ugliest of sights!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
First Line: I can't abear a butcher
Last Line: That ugliest of sights!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
I can't abear a Butcher,
I can't abide his meat,
The ugliest shop of all is his,
The ugliest in the street;
Bakers' are warm, cobblers' dark,
Chemists' burn watery lights;
But oh, the sawdust butcher's shop,
That ugliest of sights!
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