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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PREACHER, by AL-MAHDI First Line: Their shoulders you shook Last Line: Not to cut with your own? | |||
Their shoulders you shook When they parted; but they Completely forsook You, when you went away. Fine lessons you teach, But yourself do not school; Grand sermons you preach, And remain still a fool. How long will you whet Others' swords on your stone, Continuing yet Not to cut with your own? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COLOGNE; EPIGRAM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE CLOTHES DO BUT CHEAT AND COZEN US by ROBERT HERRICK THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG by ANNIE CHAMBERS KETCHUM RECONCILIATION by WALT WHITMAN STEADFASTNESS; THE LOVER BESEECHETH HIS MISTRESS by THOMAS WYATT SIR JOHN FRANKLIN by GEORGE HENRY BOKER |
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