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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ADJECTIVE, by WILLIAM WATSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Look not too coldly or too proudly down
Last Line: Won him salaams who else had noteless passed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Language; Words; Vocabulary
First Line: Look not too coldly or too proudly down
Last Line: Won him salaams who else had noteless passed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Language; Words; Vocabulary
LOOK not too coldly or too proudly down
On this poor bondslave to a haughty Noun!
Oft in his wallet hath he carried all
His master's wealth. Oft hath this captive thrall,
Marching before his lord with herald's blast,
Won him salaams who else had noteless passed.
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