Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOSSIPING, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: These are the spiders of society Last Line: In the ingenious torment they contrive. Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia Subject(s): Gossip | ||||||||
THESE are the spiders of society; They weave their petty webs of lies and sneers, And lie themselves in ambush for the spoil. The web seems fair, and glitters in the sun, And the poor victim winds him in the toil Before he dreams of danger, or of death. Alas, the misery that such inflict! A word, a look, have power to wring the heart, And leave it struggling hopeless in the net Spread by the false and cruel, who delight In the ingenious torment they contrive. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WANDERER: 1. IN ITALY: NEWS by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON VERSES TO J. RANKINE by ROBERT BURNS GOSSIP AT BOW MILLS by GERALD CHITTENDEN LETTERS by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES THE SKIES CAN'T KEEP THEIR SECRET! by EMILY DICKINSON THREE SISTERS by LILLIAN DURHAM DICKSON A NEW DENOMINATION by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON FAULTS by ELIZABETH JOHANNA GARDEY CALYPSO WATCHING THE OCEAN by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON |
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