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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PET CHARITIES, by EDITH ANISFIELD WOLF
First Line: To dry crocodile tears
Last Line: Find them in readiness.
Subject(s): Charity; Philanthropy
First Line: To dry crocodile tears
Last Line: Find them in readiness.
Subject(s): Charity; Philanthropy
To dry crocodile tears
Or to fill imagined need
Corps of busy volunteers
Rush on in breathless speed;
Up to this pace keyed
And then kept at 'effervesce'
Against some time of real need
Find them in readiness.
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