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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PAR, by CLIFTON E. BLAKE First Line: I took my sin to market Last Line: They trembled when I passed. | |||
I took my sin to market And led it through the town; The people flocked about me, And didn't even frown: They paid me money down. I took my love to market And cried it on the square; The people came to see it And called it pretty ware: They bade me keep it there. I took my soul to market. The people stood aghast; They ran into their houses And locked the shutters fast: They trembled when I passed. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ONE WAY OF LOVE by ROBERT BROWNING THE PARADOX by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE CITY DEAD-HOUSE by WALT WHITMAN THE GREAT FIGURE by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THE FIRST AND THE LAST by HORATIO (HORATIUS) BONAR NAN'S SONG, FR. MIDSUMMER EVE by GORDON BOTTOMLEY UPON MY DEAR AND LOVING HUSBAND HIS GOING INTO ENGLAND, 1661 by ANNE BRADSTREET |
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