Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ROUNDHEAD AND CAVALIER, by WILLIAM YANDELL ELLIOTT


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ROUNDHEAD AND CAVALIER, by                    
First Line: Old noll looked down from the wall, and spoke to me
Last Line: His wart went red.
Subject(s): Cavalier, Jean (1681-1740); Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers


Old Noll looked down from the wall, and spoke to me:
"Foul papish ways your time takes on, Grandson.
Yourself is froward and stiff-necked, but charity
Is in you and your years are few. Let run
All who would read: The Beast, his sign is on
Your Sodom, and royal Tyrian scarlet decks
The harlotry of all your Babylon.
Get you a rod and bend their necks,
And bow their knees or flay their backs."

But I looked up at Noll, and yawned and rose.
"Grandpa," I said,
"The mountain is that molehill on your nose."
His wart went red.





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