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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM ON THE POOR OF BOSTON EMPLOYED ... PAVING STREETS, by ANONYMOUS First Line: "in spite of rice, in spite of wheat" Last Line: "they cry for bread; the mighty ones / instead of bread, give only stones" Subject(s): Boston;u.s. - Colonial Period | |||
IN spite of Rice, in spite of Wheat, Sent for the Boston Poor -- to eat: In spite of Brandy, one would think, Sent for the Boston Poor -- to drink: Poor are the Boston Poor, indeed, And needy, tho' there is no Need: They cry for Bread; the mighty Ones Instead of Bread, give only Stones. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW WE BECAME A NATION [APRIL 15, 1774] by HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD THE BLASTED HERB by MESECH WEARE JOHN ALDEN'S DREAM by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS ALAMANCE by SEYMOUR W. WHITING MOGG MEGONE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE PENNSYLVANIA PILGRIM by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER ASPECTS OF CHRISTIANITY IN AMERICA: 3 by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS: PART 3: 13. AMERICA, PILGRIM FATHERS by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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