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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HOP-GARDEN: BOOK 2: THE NAIL IN THE GRASS, by CHRISTOPHER SMART Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: When in the bag thy hops the rustic treads
Last Line: With indignation at the negro's nail.
Subject(s): Grass; Slavery; Serfs
First Line: When in the bag thy hops the rustic treads
Last Line: With indignation at the negro's nail.
Subject(s): Grass; Slavery; Serfs
WHEN in the bag thy hops the rustic treads,
Let him wear heelless sandals; nor presume
Their fragrancy barefooted to defile:
Such filthy ways for slaves in Malaga
Leave we to practise—whence I've often seen,
When beautiful Dorinda's iv'ry hand
Has built the pastry fabric (food divine
For Christmas gambols, and the hour of mirth),
As the dried foreign fruit, with piercing eye,
She culls suspicious—lo! she starts, she frowns
With indignation at the Negro's nail.
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