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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LYRICAL INTERLUDE: 16, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography First Line: The world's an ass, the world can't see Last Line: How rapturously glowing. Subject(s): Asses & Mules; Ignorance; Kisses; Mules; Dullness; Stupdity | |||
THE world's an ass, the world can't see, And grows more stupid daily: It says, my darling child, of thee, -- Thou livest far too gaily. The world's an ass, the world can't see, Thy character not knowing; It knows not how sweet thy kisses be, How rapturously glowing. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BUFFALO CLOUDS OVER THE MAESTRO HOON by NORMAN DUBIE SIMPLE PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA by NORMAN DUBIE I'M WITH STUPID by PETER JOHNSON ELECTION DAY, 1984 by CAROLYN KIZER AN AMERICAN IN BANGKOK by KAREN SWENSON FESTOONS OF FISHES by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG TO A BLOCKHEAD by ALEXANDER POPE THE CASE OF SABRINA SIMPSON USCH by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A BIT OF MULL by FREDERICK HENRY HERBERT ADLER |
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