Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PROVOCATIONS, by JOHN DRINKWATER


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First Line: I am no merry monger when
Last Line: And indignation clears the sky.
Subject(s): Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


I AM no merry monger when
I see the slatterns of the town:
I hate to think of docile men
Whose angers all are driven down;
For sluts make joy a thing obscene,
And in contempt is nothing clean.

I like to see the ladies walk
with heels to set their chins atilt:
I like to hear the clergy talk
Of other clergy's people's guilt;
For happy is the amorous eye,
And indignation clears the sky.





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