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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DISTINCTION, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poet's Biography First Line: I am but clay,' the sinner plead Last Line: "but worse, for thou art mire." Subject(s): Vanity | |||
"I AM but clay," the sinner plead, Who fed each vain desire. "Not only clay," another said, "But worse, for thou art mire." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THROUGH A GLASS EYE, LIGHTLY by CAROLYN KIZER EPITAPH: FOR A PREACHER by COUNTEE CULLEN THE FLESH AND THE SPIRIT by ANNE BRADSTREET THE TENTH MUSE: THE VANITY OF ALL WORLDLY THINGS by ANNE BRADSTREET THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH by ROBERT BROWNING ALL IS VANITY, SAITH THE PREACHER' by GEORGE GORDON BYRON AGING: ON THE VANITY OF EARTHLY GREATNESS by ARTHUR GUITERMAN THE SPIDER AND THE FLY by MARY HOWITT A BANJO SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR |
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