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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DESERT WIFE: 12, by ADA HASTINGS HEDGES Poem Explanation First Line: They grew more passive with the meagre years Last Line: And he surrendered what faith he had kept %to an empty kitchen and a hearth unswept | |||
View Poem Text | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CHINESE LAUNDRYMAN by KAREN SWENSON A WAR SONG TO ENGLISHMEN by WILLIAM BLAKE OUR COUNTRY'S CALL by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT FOR 'THE WINE OF CIRCE' (BY EDWARD BURNE JONES) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI GREENES FUNERALLS: SONNET 7 by RICHARD BARNFIELD CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: 9. OF HUMILITY by WILLIAM BASSE |
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