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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
- AND I, TOO!, by EDNA CLAIBORNE First Line: Excuse my triteness, fellowmen Last Line: Against a winter sky! | |||
Excuse my triteness, fellowmen, For I'm about to prate Upon a time-worn theme, still I Am here to humbly state That I, too, love to see a tree Against a winter sky! But I'll not rhapsody with words Like "filigree" and "lace" -- Perhaps I'd best just heave a sigh And state within this space That I, too, love to see a tree Against a winter sky! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON ENGLISH MONSIEUR by BEN JONSON AN OLD BATTLE-FIELD by FRANK LEBBY STANTON A SUPPLEMENT OF AN IMPERFECT COPY OF VERSES OF MR. WILL. SHAKESPEARE'S by JOHN SUCKLING WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER (BY A DISPLACED THREE-YEAR-OLD) by CHARLES FOLLEN ADAMS AMERICAN THEMES FOR A GILBERT by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A PRESENCE by KENNETH SLADE ALLING THE ELDER'S WARNING; A LAY OF THE CONVOCATION by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN |
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