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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ONCE IN A WAY, by ANTIPHILUS OF BYZANTIUM First Line: On a ship's poop I'd like to lie, if I could have my way Last Line: Who always find myself at home in simple company. | |||
ON a ship's poop I'd like to lie, if I could have my way, With over it the weather-cloths, thumped loudly by the spray; A sputtering fire between two stones, edging it like a mound, A pot perched on them, boiling brisk, with bubbling empty sound; An unwashed cabin-boy to serve; for table I would make Use of some handy plank; maybe a game of give and take With sailors gossiping around . . . Lately this chanced to me, Who always find myself at home in simple company. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NOONTIDE REST by ANTIPHILUS OF BYZANTIUM THE OLD FERRYMAN by ANTIPHILUS OF BYZANTIUM ADOLF EICHMANN by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE CRY OF THE HUMAN by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING SOMETHING CHILDISH, BUT VERY NATURAL; WRITTEN IN GERMANY by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE EPIGRAM: A BURNT SHIP by JOHN DONNE THE NYMPH COMPLAINING FOR THE DEATH OF HER FAUN [OR, FAWN] by ANDREW MARVELL |
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