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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHARLIE LUCAS, by WILLIAM STAPLETON LONG First Line: Charlie lucas didnt know Last Line: "debbul git yuh!" | |||
Charlie Lucas didn't know When his feet were moving slow -- But his feet were unimportant; He had music stepping lively Through his head When he said: 'Walk boy; Debbul git yuh!" Unseen harps and banjos, strumming, Joined the ghostly voices, humming; Yet prosaic, uninspiring, Were the endlessly untiring Words he mumbled As he stumbled: "Walk boy; Debbul git yuh!" Jungle rhythms timed his shuffling Hands and feet, forever ruffling Mounds of hay or piles of corn. Afternoon or early morn -- Every word Ever heard: "Walk, boy; Debbul git yuh!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FARE WELL by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE SORROW by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE TO THE MEMORY OF MR. OLDHAM by JOHN DRYDEN CARMEN BELLICOSUM by GUY HUMPHREYS MCMASTER PARRHASIUS by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS INTAGLIOS by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH AN AUTUMNAL THOUGHT, 1795 by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD PSALM 1; DONE INTO VERSE 1653 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE TO A MISSIONARY, WHO ATTENDED ... MEETING OF BIBLE SOCIETY by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD |
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