Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ON FIRST LOOKING THROUGH KRAFFT-EBING'S PSYCHOPATHIA..., by OLIVER ST. JOHN GOGARTY


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ON FIRST LOOKING THROUGH KRAFFT-EBING'S PSYCHOPATHIA..., by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Much have I travelled in those realms of old
Last Line: Potent behind a cart with mary ann?
Subject(s): Keats, John (1795-1821); Obscenity; Poetry & Poets


Much have I travelled in those realms of old
Where many a whore in hall-doors could be seen
Of many a bonnie brothel or shebeen
Which bawds connived at by policemen hold.
I too have listened when the Quay was coaled,
But never did I taste the Pure Obscene —
Much less imagine that my past was clean —
Till this Krafft-Ebing out his story told.
Then felt I rather taken by surprise
As on the evening when I met Macran,
And retrospective thoughts and doubts did rise —
Was I quite normal when my life began
With love that leans towards rural sympathies
Potent behind a cart with Mary Ann?





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