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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...THE SWORD AND THE SICKLE by WILLIAM BLAKE THAT SUCH HAVE DIED by EMILY DICKINSON FOR THE BED AT KELMSCOTT by WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) TO MY EXCELLENT LUCASIA, ON OUR FRIENDSHIP. 17TH JULY 1651 by KATHERINE PHILIPS SONG OF MYSELF by WALT WHITMAN HUNTING: OPENING by JULIANA BERNERS REQUIESCIT by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |
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