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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PERFECTION, by RUTH SCOFIELD FARGO First Line: I swept my house of life and garnished it Last Line: Lo! Eight had entered in! Alternate Author Name(s): Fordyce, William, Mrs. | |||
I swept my house of life and garnished it, I looked it through with care, For fear my thought might miss some imp of sin Crouched low and hiding there. But all was clean and clear, as empty as A hollow globe of glass. I smiled, and turned me to my windows wide Watching the weary pass. But never once did I desire to shield, From sun or wind or rain, One soul. Or ask one in to rest, and wash All free from travel-stain. Time passed. Again I searched my house with care, Feeling secure from sin. Of spirits worse than all I'd known before, Lo! Eight had entered in! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO R.K. by JAMES KENNETH STEPHEN IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 30 by ALFRED TENNYSON AN ELECTIVE COURSE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH TO REV. W. H. MILBURN by LEVI BISHOP THE PLACE OF FAME by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB ISRAEL AND HELLAS by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN FIELD FLOWERS by THOMAS CAMPBELL OBSERVATIONS IN THE ART OF ENGLISH POESY: 8. TROCHAIC VERSE: THE FOURTH EPIGRAM by THOMAS CAMPION THE SECRET OF THE CROSS by M. J. CLARKSON A SONG OF ARLA, DURING HER ENTHUSIASM by ANNE BATTEN CRISTALL |
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