Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SOLILOQUIES ON TEMPORAL INDIGENCE: SOLILOQUY 16, by MARY LATTER First Line: Now calumnies arise, and black reproach Last Line: And, lordly, tramples on distress in anguish. Subject(s): Poverty | ||||||||
NOW calumnies arise, and black Reproach Triumphant croaks aloud, and joyful claps Her raven wing! Insinuations vile And slanderous spring from pestilential breath, And tongues thrice dipped in hell. Contagion foul Steams from th' infernal furnace, hot and fierce, And spreads th' infectious influence o'er his fame! Then each unworthy, ignominious fool, Each female basilisk with forky sting, And outward-seeming, heart-unmeaning tear (Offspring most loathsome of Hypocrisy, That vile, detested, double-damning sin: Confusion and perdition overwhelm And blast them, execrable, into ruin!), Chin-deep in malice shoot their bitter darts Of mockery and derision: adding, sly, Th' invidious wink, the mean, contemptuous leer, And flouting grin, 'emphatically scornful'. Nor less th' insidious knave, supremely dull! Mixture of monkey, crocodile and mole, Yet stupid as the ostrich, ass and owl; In high redundance of Typhonic rage, With harsh stentorian tone, disdainful, flings Unmerited reflections, vehement, long, Nonsensical and noisy. Vain, he struts With domineering insolence replete, And, lordly, tramples on distress in anguish. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WEALTH OF THE DESTITUTE by DENISE LEVERTOV EMPTY PITCHFORKS by THOMAS LUX FUNERAL SERVICE by EVE MERRIAM A SMALL COUNTRY by CLARIBEL ALEGRIA DOCUMENTAL by CLARIBEL ALEGRIA NOTES ON POVERTY by HAYDEN CARRUTH SONG OF TWO CROWS by HAYDEN CARRUTH PENCIL STUB JOURNALS: CHOICES by JOHN CIARDI AT LAST WE KILLED THE ROACHES by LUCILLE CLIFTON SOLILOQUIES ON TEMPORAL INDIGENCE: SOLILOQUY 5 by MARY LATTER SOLILOQUIES ON TEMPORAL INDIGENCE: SOLILOQUY 6 by MARY LATTER |
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