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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DONKEYS, FR. THE SILVER SPOON, by JOHN GALSWORTHY Poet's Biography First Line: When to god's fondouk the donkeys are taken Last Line: "for god's own forsaken -- the stable of peace!" Alternate Author Name(s): Sinjohn, John Subject(s): Donkeys; Burros | |||
WHEN to God's Fondouk the donkeys are taken -- Donkeys of Barbary, Sicily, Spain -- If peradventure the Deity waken He shall not easily slumber again. Where in the sweet of the straw they have laid them, Broken and dead of their burdens and sores, He, for a change, shall remember He made them (One of the best of His numerous chores), Order from someone a sigh of repentance -- Donkeys of Syria, Araby, Greece -- Over the Fondouk distemper the sentence: "For God's own forsaken -- the Stable of Peace!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DONKEY by THEODORE ROETHKE TO A YOUNG ASS; ITS MOTHER BEING TETHERED NEAR IT by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE KERR'S ASS by PATRICK KAVANAGH MY BURRO AND I by EDA D. FLAGG THE DONKEY LOADED WITH RELICS by JEAN DE LA FONTAINE CLANCY THE BURRO'S FIRST DAY IN HEAVEN by DAVID WAGONER THE OIL-MERCHANT'S ASS; FROM YRIARTE by JOHN GODFREY SAXE |
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