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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PRISONER, by AFANASI AFANASIEVICH FET First Line: By bars of my prison Last Line: Hand files with a zest. Alternate Author Name(s): Foeth, Afanasy Afanasyveicht; Fet, Afanasy | |||
By bars of my prison The thick nettle lies; A willow has risen Pavilion-wise. Boats gaily are seeking The far-away blue; The lattice is creaking, My file passes through. My sorrowful dreaming Is quiet in me; The waters are gleaming, I soon shall be free. No gloom my heart darkens, My ache is at rest; And while my ear hearkens, Hand files with a zest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SWALLOWS by AFANASI AFANASIEVICH FET TO THE STARS THAT HAVE GONE OUT by AFANASI AFANASIEVICH FET DOMESDAY BOOK: MRS. MURRAY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THRENODY FOR A BROWN GIRL by COUNTEE CULLEN THE POPPY-LAND EXPRESS by EDGAR WADE ABBOT JIM, WHO RAN AWAY FROM HIS NURSE, AND WAS EATEN BY A LION by HILAIRE BELLOC THE POET'S BRIDAL DAY SONG by ALLAN CUNNINGHAM THE WEATHER-COCK POINTS SOUTH by AMY LOWELL THE SHADOW DANCE by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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