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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CAREFULLY, by ETHEL JACOBSON First Line: Carefully, on the safe and solid rock Last Line: To the amused, victorious enemy. Subject(s): Buildings & Builders | |||
Carefully, on the safe and solid rock, She knew how wise she builded, and how well; How cunningly she fashioned bolt and lock To seal the portal to the citadel; How smooth and gleaming were the battlements That nowhere offered foothold to the foe; How high the guarded window, and how dense The thorny boughs that hedged it round below. And so she knew, and savored to her core, How stark, how more than bitter is defeat To one whose own swift hand unbars the door, Who sees her towers toppling in the street, And who herself delivers up the key To the amused, victorious enemy. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BUILDINGS by WENDELL BERRY INCONGRUOUS BUILDERS by AIME CESAIRE HAIL TEESSIDE! by CECIL DAY LEWIS BUILDING A PAINTING A HOME by BOB HICOK SONG BY THE WINDOW BEFORE BED by KATHERINE MANSFIELD AT DOVER CLIFFS, JULY 20, 1787 by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 83. BARREN SPRING by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |
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