Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE POOR, by EMILE VERHAEREN


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THE POOR, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There are poor souls
Last Line: Wherever men are born.
Subject(s): Cemeteries; Grief; Tears; Graveyards; Sorrow; Sadness


There are poor souls
Where tears are starred
And pale as stones
In a graveyard.

There are poor backs
Weighed down with ills
Like the roofs of hovels
In the hills.

There are poor hands
Like leaves the wind wore,
Like yellow, dying leaves
By the door.

There are poor eyes
Humble and kind and warm,
Sadder than the eyes of beasts
Beneath the storm.

There are poor folk
With movements forbearing and worn,
On whom misery battens—
Wherever men are born.





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