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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON ENVY, by ANONYMOUS First Line: "pity, says the theban bard" Last Line: "and the lowest, to the end, / obloquy and scorn attend" Subject(s): Envy | |||
PITY, says the Theban bard, From my wishes I discard; Envy, let me rather be, Rather far, a theme for thee! Pity to distress is shown, Envy to the great alone. So the Theban: but to shine Less conspicuous be mine! I prefer the golden mean, Pomp and penury between; For alarm and peril wait Ever on the loftiest state, And the lowest, to the end, Obloquy and scorn attend. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT by ALEXANDER POPE WHEN I PERUSE THE CONQUER'D FAME by WALT WHITMAN LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 25. ENVY ACCOMPANIES LOVE by PHILIP AYRES TO A MAID OF THIRTEEN by CHRISTOPHER BANNISTER TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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