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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SHUT-IN, by NELLIE DE HEARN First Line: She lives a prisoner within Last Line: For things we are too blind to see. | |||
She lives a prisoner within The four bare walls of her poor room. In the bright world she walks no more, Yet cheerfully accepts her doom. And holds that Life is very sweet, As eagerly she looks and sees The golden sunlight daily creep Into her room, and with it weaves Fantastic dreams of rosy hue; Delightful things -- in which she sees The sparkling earth bedecked with dew -- Green hills and vales and stately trees. She lives a prisoner -- and yet, She gets more out of life than we Who walk bowed down with care -- and fret For things we are too blind to see. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOUR WORLD by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SONG OF THE OPEN COUNTRY by DOROTHY PARKER HALLOWED GROUND by THOMAS CAMPBELL THE VOLUNTEER by ELBRIDGE JEFFERSON CUTLER A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 18 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN THE GREAT SAINT BERNARD by SAMUEL ROGERS DOROTHY IN THE GARRET by JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE LINES ON THE COTTAGE AT THE FOOT OF BOX HILL, SURREY by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |
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