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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON READING THE MEMOIRS OF A MIDGET, by ELIZABETH FITZGERALD HANLY First Line: I can remember in my father's house Last Line: Infinite passion and revolt and pain. Subject(s): Dwarfs; Memory | |||
I can remember in my father's house, Set on a shelf well out of childish reach, A tiny model of the A. D. Snow -- Perfect in each detail, a fairy thing, Fashioned on some far voyage long ago. Her masts were fragile things, a finger high, Her rigging ordered, frail as cobweb lace, And yet no toy, but compact truth and strength By patient sailor magic shaped, and sealed In a small bottle half a foot in length. One poised the lovely puzzle in the glass, One showed a world in tragic miniature That hath to-day enthralled my heart and brain, Pent in such narrow compass to behold Infinite passion and revolt and pain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEMORY AS A HEARING AID by TONY HOAGLAND THE SAME QUESTION by JOHN HOLLANDER FORGET HOW TO REMEMBER HOW TO FORGET by JOHN HOLLANDER ON THAT SIDE by LAWRENCE JOSEPH MEMORY OF A PORCH by DONALD JUSTICE BEYOND THE HUNTING WOODS by DONALD JUSTICE |
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