Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THEN AG'IN, by SAM WALTER FOSS Poet's Biography First Line: Jim bowker, he said, ef he'd had a fair show Last Line: Then ag'in -- Subject(s): Cynicism | ||||||||
JIM BOWKER, he said, ef he'd had a fair show, And a big enough town for his talents to grow, And the least bit assistance in hoein' his row, Jim Bowker, he said, He'd filled the world full of the sound of his name, An' clim the top round in the ladder of fame. It may have been so; I dunno; Jest so, it might been, Then ag'in -- But he had tarnal luck -- everythin' went ag'in him, The arrers of fortune they allus' 'ud pin him; So he didn't get no chance to show off what was in him. Jim Bowker, he said, Ef he'd had a fair show, you couldn't tell where he'd come, An' the feats he'd a-done, an' the heights he'd a-clum -- It may have been so; I dunno; Jest so, it might been, Then ag'in -- But we're all like Jim Bowker, thinks I, more or less -- Charge fate for our bad luck, ourselves for success, An' give fortune the blame for all our distress, As Jim Bowker, he said, Ef it hadn't been for luck an' misfortune an' sich, We might a-been famous, an' might a-been rich. It might be jest so; I dunno; Jest so, it might been, Then ag'in -- | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE KING OF SPAIN by MAXWELL BODENHEIM YOUTH AND ART by ROBERT BROWNING GOOD AND BAD LUCK by HEINRICH HEINE THE PESSIMIST by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING WITHOUT AND WITHIN by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM by ROBERT SOUTHEY NORTHERN FARMER, NEW STYLE by ALFRED TENNYSON BALLAD: THE THINGS OF NO ACCOUNT by FRANCOIS VILLON THE COMING AMERICAN by SAM WALTER FOSS |
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