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THE ADJECTIVE by WILLIAM WATSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: LOOK NOT TOO COLDLY OR TOO PROUDLY DOWN
Last Line: WON HIM SALAAMS WHO ELSE HAD NOTELESS PASSED.
Subject(s): LANGUAGE; WORDS; VOCABULARY;
LOOK not too coldly or too proudly down
On this poor bondslave to a haughty Noun!
Oft in his wallet hath he carried all
His master's wealth. Oft hath this captive thrall,
Marching before his lord with herald's blast,
Won him salaams who else had noteless passed.



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