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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VANITY, by KARLE WILSON BAKER Poet's Biography First Line: I know why ladies dress themselves Last Line: Their hearts are hungry to be great. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Charlotte Subject(s): Vanity | |||
I know why ladies dress themselves In silky sheens and peacock dyes: They hush their little hungry souls And feed them through their snatching eyes. I know why ladies mince and strut And wrap themselves in mimic state: Despairing prisoners of the world, Their hearts are hungry to be great. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THROUGH A GLASS EYE, LIGHTLY by CAROLYN KIZER EPITAPH: FOR A PREACHER by COUNTEE CULLEN THE FLESH AND THE SPIRIT by ANNE BRADSTREET THE TENTH MUSE: THE VANITY OF ALL WORLDLY THINGS by ANNE BRADSTREET THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH by ROBERT BROWNING ALL IS VANITY, SAITH THE PREACHER' by GEORGE GORDON BYRON AGING: ON THE VANITY OF EARTHLY GREATNESS by ARTHUR GUITERMAN THE SPIDER AND THE FLY by MARY HOWITT GOOD COMPANY by KARLE WILSON BAKER |
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