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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PRISONER, by AFANASI AFANASIEVICH FET First Line: By bars of my prison Last Line: Hand files with a zest. Alternate Author Name(s): Foeth, Afanasy Afanasyveicht; Fet, Afanasy | |||
By bars of my prison The thick nettle lies; A willow has risen Pavilion-wise. Boats gaily are seeking The far-away blue; The lattice is creaking, My file passes through. My sorrowful dreaming Is quiet in me; The waters are gleaming, I soon shall be free. No gloom my heart darkens, My ache is at rest; And while my ear hearkens, Hand files with a zest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SWALLOWS by AFANASI AFANASIEVICH FET TO THE STARS THAT HAVE GONE OUT by AFANASI AFANASIEVICH FET PENT by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE RAND MCNALLY ATLAS by KAREN SWENSON ROBERT GOULD SHAW by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR BATUSCHKA by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: 8. OF CONSTANCY by WILLIAM BASSE THE HORSE THIEF by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |
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