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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A YOUNG POET, by DAVID GRAY (1870-1968) Poet's Biography
First Line: You sting my soul to madness with your fault
Last Line: Poet be praised, your songs are only human!
Subject(s): Hypocrisy; Sturge, Joseph (1793-1859)
First Line: You sting my soul to madness with your fault
Last Line: Poet be praised, your songs are only human!
Subject(s): Hypocrisy; Sturge, Joseph (1793-1859)
You sting my soul to madness with your fault
Of rhythm; with a lyric mal-attuned;
Or when you pour your caustic jets of salt
Like tips of swords to tease an open wound;
And even when you sing of skies, or lakes,
Or gods, or dreams, or of a lovely woman,
I laugh and cry at your divine mistakes . . .
Poet be praised, your songs are only human!
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