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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GOLDSMITH, by SIEGFRIED SASSOON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This job's the best I've done. He bent his head Last Line: A girl was selling flowers along the street. Subject(s): Crete; Gold | |||
'THIS job's the best I've done.' He bent his head Over the golden vessel that he'd wrought. A bird was singing. But the craftsman's thought Is a forgotten language, lost and dead. He sighed and stretch'd brown arms. His friend came in And stood beside him in the morning sun. The goldwork glitter'd.... 'That's the best I've done. 'And now I've got a necklace to begin.' This was at Gnossos, in the isle of Crete... A girl was selling flowers along the street. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A MAN SAW A BALL OF GOLD by RON PADGETT THE VINDICTIVES by ROBERT FROST BARELY COMPOSED by ALICE FULTON NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY by ROBERT FROST MISS KILMANSEGG AND HER PRECIOUS LEG: HER MORAL by THOMAS HOOD THE UNGRATEFUL GARDEN by CAROLYN KIZER SUNKEN GOLD by EUGENE JACOB LEE-HAMILTON THE KLONDIKE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON |
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