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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN AN ANATOMY LABORATORY, by BEULA CHAMBERLAIN First Line: Over our bench in the dissecting-room Last Line: "alive or dead." Subject(s): Beauty; Corpses; Death; Science; Cadavers; Dead, The; Scientists | |||
1. Over our bench in the dissecting-room We turned all creeds of living inside out: The mystic Karma eastern seers assume, The western cool defiances of doubt. I chose the one, and quoted from a book, You chose the other, equally absurd; And there between us, with a cryptic look, The dead girl lay, and never said a word. 2. "Beauty's only skin-deep," He said to me. He took a knife and proved it Anatomically. "Better buy a lip-stick Bright and red; Beauty's only skin-deep, Alive or dead." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...REACTIONARY ESSAY ON APPLIED SCIENCE by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY THE POLITICIAN OF THE IRISH EARLDOM by HILAIRE BELLOC AN AMERICAN SCENE by NORMAN DUBIE WHY WAIT FOR SCIENCE by ROBERT FROST DIXIT INSIPIENS by CAROLYN KIZER GLOBULE by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER BUT TODAY by BEULA CHAMBERLAIN |
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