Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POOR, by EMILE VERHAEREN Poet's Biography First Line: With hearts of poor men it is so Last Line: On earth's far plains of sun and wind. Subject(s): Pain; Poverty; Weariness; Suffering; Misery; Fatigue | ||||||||
WITH hearts of poor men it is so: That they are full of tears that flow, That they are pale as head-stones white In the moon light. And so with poor men's backs it is More bent with heavy miseries Than sagging roofs of brown huts be Beside the sea. And it is so with poor men's hands, Like leaves along autumnal lands, Leaves that lie sere and dead and late Beside the gate. And it is so with poor men's eyes, Humble and in all sorrow wise, And like the cattle's, sad and dumb, When the storms come. Oh, it is so with the poor folk That under misery's iron yoke Have gestures weary and resigned On earth's far plains of sun and wind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VALUE IN MOUNTAINS: 10 by KENNETH REXROTH IMPERIAL NOSTALGIAS: 4 by CESAR VALLEJO BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON TIRED TIM by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE WEARINESS by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW NEURASTENIA by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON MICHAEL ANGELO by AUGUSTE BARBIER |
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