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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AS TO BEING MADE A FOOL OF, by JAMES OPPENHEIM Poet's Biography First Line: That bothered you, didn't it? Last Line: Is cheap, by all odds, in exchange for the gift of life. | |||
THAT bothered you, didn't it? That prevented you from entering into strange adventures, Especially with women ... After all, however, it is not so bad: If that be the price of experience Then I must pay it: For to be laughed at, and to play the fool Is cheap, by all odds, in exchange for the gift of life. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TASTING THE EARTH by JAMES OPPENHEIM THE LONELY CHILD by JAMES OPPENHEIM 1914 AND AFTER by JAMES OPPENHEIM A HANDFUL OF DUST by JAMES OPPENHEIM A WOMAN FOR THE ADVENTURE by JAMES OPPENHEIM |
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