Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FELIS DOMESTICA, by JESSIE YOUNG NORTON


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FELIS DOMESTICA, by                    
First Line: She is above disparagement or praise
Last Line: There broods the slumberous wisdom of the nile.
Subject(s): Animals; Cats


She is above disparagement or praise;
Views both the planets and the garden gate
With equal lack of interest and amaze
And daily says, "I see the ultimate
Of all achievement shall be dust; I vow
I'll not effuse for trifles -- all that's good
Is compassed by a cushion and a cow
And that enamored fool who serves my food."

She tiptoes down the edges of the years
From Persia and the wrack of Babylon,
Incapable alike of loves and fears
Though cherished from the cottage to the throne;
And in the amber hollows of her smile
There broods the slumberous wisdom of the Nile.





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