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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LEISURE CLASSES, by ANONYMOUS First Line: There was a little beggar maid Last Line: "and, pleasing heaven, never will" Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers;household Employees;marriage;social Classes; Servants;domestics;maids;weddings;husbands;wives;caste | |||
THERE was a little beggar maid Who wed a king long, long ago; Of course the taste that he displayed Was criticised by folk who know Just what formalities and things Are due to beggar maids and kings. But straight the monarch made reply: "There is small difference, as I live, Between our stations! She and I Subsist on what the people give. We do not toil with strength or skill, And, pleasing Heaven, never will." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WEALTH OF THE DESTITUTE by DENISE LEVERTOV THE GATEKEEPER'S CHILDREN by PHILIP LEVINE THE SWIMMING POOL by THOMAS LUX POEM BEGINNING WITH A RANDOM PHRASE FROM COLERIDGE by THOMAS LUX FRESCOES FOR MR. ROCKEFELLER'S CITY: BURY GROUND BY THE TIES by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH INVOCATION TO THE SOCIAL MUSE by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH FORTUNO CARRACCIOLI by ROBERT MCALMON AN AMERICAN POEM by EILEEN MYLES TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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