Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WITNESS, by EMILE KESSLER First Line: When I behold in labored fields Last Line: A barren, frigid stall. Subject(s): Animal Rights; Animal Abuse; Vivisection | ||||||||
When I behold in labored fields An ox strain at its yoke, I do not laugh as others laugh Who are a thoughtless folk; And when I meet in narrow streets An ass that blocks my path, I always stop to let it by Though others speak in wrath. Yet, they are beasts and I am man! -- Their brothers I recall Who warmed a lowly infant in A barren, frigid stall. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENTERING THE SOUTH by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE ARTIC OX by MARIANNE MOORE MARY'S LAMB by SARAH JOSEPHA BUELL HALE PLEA FOR A CAPTIVE by WILLIAM STANLEY MERWIN SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 97 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI KINDNESS TO ANIMALS by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY PET'S PUNISHMENT by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY |
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