STRANGER who would my offered palm peruse, You are to me a fair untravelled land; My life meets yours as on some golden strand A new keel rings, a voice acclaiming news Of foreign ports, and crying, Comrade, choose! I lay my pinnace freight at your command, Free merchandise for him who takes my hand, Nor murmur if the commerce he refuse. Only I charge you in my sovereign's name, The king of Love whose livery proud I don, Seek not to read my fortune, rank or fame: Honour makes all men equal; they alone Who boast themselves our betters, blind to shame, Bite dust beneath us, beggared by the claim. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FEW RULES FOR BEGINNERS by KATHERINE MANSFIELD GLAMOUR by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE CHANT OF THE VULTURES by EDWIN MARKHAM AT THE MERMAID TAVERN (APRIL 10, 1613) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS RECESSIONAL by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: COLUMBUS CHENEY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |