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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PIOUS JOHN, by HENRY REICH JR.
First Line: All's good in nature, pious john maintains
Last Line: John, struck by lightnin', lived to cuss like thunder.
Subject(s): Comedy; Irony; Piety
First Line: All's good in nature, pious john maintains
Last Line: John, struck by lightnin', lived to cuss like thunder.
Subject(s): Comedy; Irony; Piety
"All's good in Nature," Pious John maintains
When all his crops washed out in last fall's rains.
That winter his wife, Lucy, peaked an' died
Of influenzy. John says, "I'll abide
What God has done." An' then his pigs an' sow
Was drowned in this spring's freshet, and his cow
Et poison oak. His chickens tuck the pip
An' turned their toes up. John jist bit his lip
Down tight an' says again, "All's good
In Nature." Then the heat killed Robin Hood,
His old bay mare, whilst plowin' late July.
John tuck to bed an' watched the weeds grow high
Amongst his corn. "All's good in Nature": so
He told the neighbors when they come to hoe.
A wind in August rent his house asunder.
John, struck by lightnin', lived to cuss like thunder.
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